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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Murdering Bay Otago	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Murdering Bay Otago	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	All Day Bay Otago	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	5	7	5	6	6	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.9 SSE	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSE	3.0 S	2.2 SE	2.3 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 SE	3.5 S	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 S	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	9	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	9	11	11	10	10	11	8	11	9	9	13	16	14
Energy(?)	1316	593	7092	3419	3949	2308	2443	2056	4245	715	1254	2674	3659	886	1667	1684	2954	1351	1059	564	1223	1224
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:25PM 2.33	2:06AM 2.58		2:34PM 2.62	9:36PM 1.94		1:09PM 2.12	1:32AM 2.07		1:29PM 3.23	1:53AM 3.18			1:45AM 2.90		1:16PM 0.86	1:29AM 1.52	3:04AM 2.99	3:17PM 2.08	2:37AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			8:07PM 0.30	6:07AM 0.16			6:53AM 0.21		7:21PM 0.29	7:45AM 0.31		7:40PM 0.82	7:07AM 0.57	5:05PM 0.35	7:33PM 0.43	7:42AM 0.32	6:47PM 0.38		9:26AM 0.99		8:02PM 0.52	9:40AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	23	6	10	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	21	10	14	14	19	15	21	19	9	21	18	8	20	9	12	7	11	14	12	10	12
Low °C	9	20	9	12	14	16	13	21	17	8	21	16	8	20	8	11	7	10	11	11	9	10
Chill °C (?)	9	21	8	13	12	19	14	21	18	6	21	17	4	20	6	10	3	8	13	11	9	11
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	5:24	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	0.1 NE	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSE	2.5 WSW	0.1 NE	2.5 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	2.2 SSE	3.0 ESE	0.1 NE	2.5 SE	0.5 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	6	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	16	12	10	10	11	11	13	10	16	15	13	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	-	-	1.1 N	1.4 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.7 NW	-	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	-	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	9	16	11	8	-	13	13	10	12	13	-	18	7	18	13	12	18	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 SSE	-	-	1.5 NW	-	0.6 SE	2.5 SSE	3.0 S	2.2 SE	2.3 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SE	2.2 SE	-	3.5 S	3.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	8	-	3	13	12	9	11	11	10	10	-	8	11	9	9	-	-	-

	Saturday 18						Sunday 19								Monday 20
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	3AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	5	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	7	5	7	7	6	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 S	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 WSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	12	12
Energy(?)	2211	2544	1488	4448	3663	3299	6900	6981	6331	5713	3144	3128	3543	6067	4059	6702	6869	5768	1387	3456	4498	3991
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			1:43PM 2.64			8:46PM 1.89								9:37PM 1.89				9:46AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)	6:14AM 0.01			5:48PM 0.14	8:07PM 0.30				6:07AM 0.16			5:57PM 0.49					4:23AM 0.22			5:33PM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	2	-	1	-	-	4	17	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	12	12	9	17	9	9	11	13	15	13	14	19	13	17	17	20	15	15	19	19
Chill °C (?)	8	8	11	11	8	17	6	7	9	12	14	12	12	19	11	16	16	20	14	14	19	19
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 SSE	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.4 SSE	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	14	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	14	13	13	13	13	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	1.7 NNW	-	1.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.2 N	1.2 N	1.4 NW	0.1 NE	1.1 NW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.4 S	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	14	18	18	9	-	11	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	11	8	11	11	13	8	-	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 W	-	-	3.0 S	-	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	-	12	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	13	-	13	13	13	-	-	12	12

	Saturday 18																		Sunday 19
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	10AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	6PM	9PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	1AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	5	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	7	5	7	7	6	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 S	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.9 SSE	2.2 WSW	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	12	9	9	9	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2399	2302	1316	3967	2540	1530	4195	5187	4973	4973	1799	2023	1063	566	2746	641	672	712	2164	2133	1850	1989
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	8:59PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	6:14AM 0.01											5:13PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	3	-	-
High °C	10	10	9	13	11	20	12	13	13	13	13	12	15	21	16	22	22	20	15	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	11	9	20	10	12	12	13	13	12	14	21	15	22	22	20	15	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.0 SSE	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.4 W	2.5 W	2.1 WSW	0.1 NE	2.2 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.8 SSE	2.3 NNW	1.9 WNW	2.5 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	6	12	6	9	13	9	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SE	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNE	1.5 NNW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.3 WSW	-	0.6 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 NE	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	12	20	18	7	8	18	18	18	8	8	19	-	16	11	11	6	12	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	-	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	1.9 SSE	3.0 NNW	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-

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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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