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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shag Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	5	4	5	4	6	5	9	8	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NW	1.8 E	2.3 E	1.7 W	0.5 SSW	3.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.2 S	1.9 NW	1.7 SSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 S	2.5 W	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	10	9	11	11	15	14	12	12	12	11	10	6	13	11	15	14	14	7	13	11	10	14
Energy(?)	705	525	1223	888	130	3701	2054	1917	1991	2235	439	352	1174	3613	3232	2822	2545	545	2288	2091	2100	2505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- on	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:28PM 1.64							8:57AM 3.11						7:47AM 1.39		11:08PM 2.23	11:35AM 2.19		11:24PM 3.43	11:45AM 3.47
Low Tide / height (m)		1:25PM 0.66	1:42AM 0.58	7:08AM 0.43							3:11PM 0.62	8:54PM 0.50		1:09PM 0.06	9:08PM 0.15		4:31PM 0.40		5:25AM 0.16	5:48PM 0.14		5:32AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	heavy rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	15	-	-	-	16	13	11	2	-	-	-	1	3	-	3	4	-	10	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	18	16	14	14	11	13	10	13	15	16	12	12	11	12	16	19	14	19	20	13
Low °C	15	17	16	15	13	12	11	10	9	12	14	15	10	12	8	11	15	13	13	18	14	11
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	16	14	12	9	11	8	13	14	14	9	8	8	10	15	19	13	18	20	12
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	5:58	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:08	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NW	1.8 E	2.3 E	1.7 W	1.7 ENE	0.3 NW	2.2 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.2 S	0.5 S	1.7 SSW	-	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	0.3 SSE	2.5 W	-	0.2 NNE	2.5 W
Period (s)	10	9	11	11	11	13	10	12	12	11	10	12	13	-	15	14	14	16	13	-	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.5 W	0.5 SSW	0.2 NNW	1.9 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSE	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.2 NNE	1.1 N	-	0.2 E	1.3 NNW
Period (s)	12	14	-	18	15	16	12	13	13	12	12	5	10	-	9	-	-	6	7	-	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.9 NW	1.3 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.4 NW	0.6 N	-	2.2 S	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	-
Period (s)	-	3	4	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	8	6	5	11	5	4	-	7	-	11	10	-

	Sunday 12					Monday 13									Tuesday 14							Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	3AM	4AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Forestry Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	9	4	4	4	8	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	6.0 ENE	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	2.5 E	5.0 ENE	2.3 E	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 S	2.0 E	1.8 S	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	14	10	10	10	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	12239	1209	1094	1538	7490	1223	4333	2140	1942	1348	1705	1056	1202	1698	1174	1102	2199	2079	4685	3229	2388	1991
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)															12:59AM 1.74		8:15AM 2.91				8:42PM 2.94
Low Tide / height (m)	8:48AM 0.65		1:15PM 0.60								1:44PM 1.01									3:05PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	4	4	1	24	16	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	2	14	5	2	1	-
Temp. °C	21	14	15	18	19	18	17	16	18	16	13	18	13	18	11	15	12	10	11	11	9	10
Chill °C (?)	21	13	15	18	19	18	17	16	18	16	12	18	13	18	9	14	12	10	11	10	7	8
Sunrise	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	6.0 ENE	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	-	5.0 ENE	2.3 E	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.0 S	2.0 E	1.8 S	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	14	10	10	-	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 W	1.1 W	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	1.3 E	0.4 SSE	1.0 E	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	12	11	-	-	-	18	5	5	17	16	17	5	14	6	13	14	14	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 NNE	-	2.5 E	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	10	-	4	6	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 12	Monday 13
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	6PM	9PM	8PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Forestry Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	9	4	4	4	8	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	6.5 ENE	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	0.1 SW	3.5 ENE	1.7 E	3.0 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	0.2 SSW	1.3 E	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	14	10	10	12	10	8	9	9	9	11	11	9	10	14	12	14	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	16422	903	705	8	2395	411	1537	504	525	509	509	709	484	1030	27	698	711	827	853	825	685	685
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:05AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)																				1:52AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	21	15	15	18	19	16	18	17	17	16	16	17	15	21	12	17	14	14	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	21	14	14	18	18	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	14	21	11	16	14	14	14	14	13	13
Sunrise	6:43	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	1.6 WNW	1.6 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	1.7 E	0.1 S	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.3 E	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W
Period (s)	-	10	10	12	12	8	9	9	9	11	11	9	10	14	10	14	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.7 NE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	12	12	9	-	9	12	9	14	13	13	10	13	12	12	12	14	9	9	9	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	6.5 ENE	1.2 NE	-	2.2 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	1.1 SSW	-	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	5	-	8	10	-	9	3	3	-	-	3	-	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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