New Zealand Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

New Zealand wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the New Zealand region.

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	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	The Box Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	3.0 NW	5.0 W	4.0 SW	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	13	12	9	9	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	123	1461	8047	4722	994	1465	839	1677	861	955	535	1578	1455	817	1058	277	1595	1197	876	818	535	642
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:40PM 1.99	10:29PM 1.34			12:42AM 3.13	12:51PM 3.17		1:16AM 3.51		1:21PM 3.47	1:58AM 2.90			11:19PM 1.43	11:38AM 1.45			9:01AM 1.56			8:34AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)			4:15AM 0.13	7:14AM 0.58	6:48PM 0.04		6:44AM 0.08		7:15PM 0.54	7:16AM 0.55		7:55PM 0.28	8:00AM 0.38	5:12PM 0.14		5:30AM 0.20	5:57PM 0.19	11:51PM 0.59		1:57PM 0.85	12:46AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	2	3	1	1	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	19	20	17	17	17	19	15	15	17	13	18	19	17	17	16	19	21	21	17	22
Low °C	16	17	18	20	17	16	14	18	14	12	15	12	15	17	14	16	16	18	20	20	16	20
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	20	16	16	17	19	15	14	16	11	18	19	17	17	15	19	21	21	16	22
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	8:38	-	-	8:21	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	5.0 W	4.0 SW	0.5 S	1.9 SSE	1.6 SW	2.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	-	-	2.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	-	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	10	11	13	12	15	9	12	13	13	13	-	-	12	12	13	13	-	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 SSE	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 NE	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	-	0.2 N	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	0.1 E	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.1 NW	0.4 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	7	-	18	10	13	10	-	17	7	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	12	4	12	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	3.0 NW	-	-	2.3 S	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	2.4 WSW	0.6 SSE	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.4 S
Period (s)	6	9	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	13	12	-	12	-	-	12	4	-	6	6	4

	Tuesday 03					Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Fri
	10AM	1PM	2PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Loisell's East Cape	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangahume Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	8	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NNE	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.2 WSW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	9	9	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1094	595	526	524	7894	5699	5063	3418	3123	3915	3409	1127	1072	1465	1221	1113	1010	1506	1409	832	1437	1342
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)	8:12AM 1.82					12:02AM 3.16				12:08PM 3.76							9:16AM 1.60			4:49PM 2.45
Low Tide / height (m)		11:11AM 0.07		6:55PM 0.52				6:01AM 0.00				6:39PM 0.05			3:03AM 0.07						9:43PM 0.13	11:12PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	26	11	22	12	16	16	16	17	19	20	20	19	19	16	16	16	16	18	18	19	18	16
Chill °C (?)	26	9	22	10	16	15	16	17	19	20	20	19	19	15	15	15	15	18	18	19	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.2 WSW	4.5 WNW	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.2 W
Period (s)	11	11	9	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	9	9	9	9	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 NE	1.1 ESE	1.2 N	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	11	9	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	17	17	18	5	13	12	12	11	10	10	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NNE	-	0.9 E	0.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	1.1 S	-	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	8	3	8	8	-	-	-	-	10	7	-	9	9	9	9	-	10	-	-	-

	Tuesday 03																Wednesday 04
	8AM	9AM	8AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Loisell's East Cape	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangahume Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	8	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 NNE	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 NW	2.5 W	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	11	11	7	6	7	7	9	11	10	10	8	8	8	10	12	11	12	11	11
Energy(?)	636	860	619	168	223	719	512	470	744	1170	3634	2881	1501	95	95	95	112	892	418	488	861	861
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)					11:54AM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)											5:43PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	11	21	13	20	18	20	20	20	20	20	17	18	23	22	21	20	10	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	23	9	21	12	20	17	20	20	20	20	20	16	17	23	22	21	20	9	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSE	0.8 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 W	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.8 WSW	1.0 S	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	9	7	11	11	11	11	11	9	14	11	18	8	8	8	10	12	8	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 W	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	1.0 SW	0.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	11	9	13	11	6	6	-	-	-	20	20	16	-	10	10	10	10	-	11	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 N	2.1 SW	1.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	2.3 NNW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 NW	2.5 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	11	7	3	7	7	6	7	7	9	11	10	10	2	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-

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American Samoa	Fiji	Samoa
Cook Islands	French Polynesia	Tonga

New Caledonia	Queensland	Western-Australia
New-South-Wales	South-Australia
Northern-Territory	Vanuatu

Auckland	Kaikoura and Marlborough	Port Macquarie
Bay of Plenty	Lord Howe Island	Raglan and West Waikato
Canterbury	Nelson Tasman Bay	South Coast New South Wales
Catlins	Nelson West Coast	South Island New Zealand
Chatham Islands	New South Wales Far South	Southland
Coromandel	New Zealand	Sydney North Coast
East Cape	Newcastle	Sydney South Coast
Gisborne and Mahia	Norfolk Island	Taranaki
Gold Coast	North Coast New South Wales	Wairarapa
Great Barrier Island	North Island New Zealand	Wanganui Manawatu
Hawkes Bay	Northland	Wellington
Illawarra	Otago	West Coast South Island

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