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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	Mon		Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	1.4 NNW	1.8 ENE	4.0 NNW	2.0 ENE	1.6 E	1.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	7	9	11	9	9	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	618	254	528	3781	675	395	1687	2693	380	1264	1167	1455	1082	1044	1429	553	1223	1505	461	924	523	1661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:12AM 1.69		4:53PM 1.29		5:28AM 1.33			5:44AM 1.32	6:06PM 1.27	11:01PM 2.98	12:03PM 3.16			7:12AM 1.40		8:11PM 1.38	11:11AM 2.55	2:38PM 1.91	2:13AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		7:52PM 0.30	8:14AM 0.33		11:11PM 0.27	11:41AM 0.29	4:45PM 0.45	11:29PM 0.28	12:04PM 0.26			5:58AM 1.02	6:13PM 1.01	12:57AM 0.29		3:11PM 0.38	2:23AM 0.28	4:34AM 0.69		7:59PM 0.58	8:22AM 0.60	5:05PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	15	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	15	23	16	20	22	15	12	21	18	15	21	16	15	18	14	16	19	15	10	20	10
Low °C	17	15	20	16	17	19	15	11	19	17	14	20	16	13	17	14	16	18	14	6	18	10
Chill °C (?)	18	15	23	14	20	22	14	11	21	17	14	21	16	15	18	12	16	19	14	7	20	7
Sunrise	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	8:12	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.4 NNW	1.8 ENE	0.2 WSW	2.0 ENE	0.1 S	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	-	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	0.5 ENE	0.4 NE	1.3 WSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	11	7	9	11	9	9	10	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	-	14	14	9	9	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.1 W	0.2 S	-	1.5 N	-	0.7 WNW	0.1 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 N	0.7 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.1 SW	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	14	5	16	9	-	9	-	8	11	8	10	7	7	-	-	13	11	15	14	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	-	-	4.0 NNW	-	1.6 E	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	1.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.0 S	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	11	-	9	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	12	12	6	-

	Monday 17			Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Fairway Reef Northland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Arataki Bay of Plenty
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 NW	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	1.9 NE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	8	8	8	11	9	9	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	14	14	14	10
Energy(?)	1003	1369	1456	1386	1365	1059	1437	1030	1075	1440	1082	1581	1179	1774	2073	1822	1397	1347	3228	3425	3284	1173
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						4:43AM 1.31	10:00AM 2.76			4:35PM 1.28	9:49PM 2.90	10:36PM 3.08		4:59AM 1.35						11:47PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			7:52PM 0.30	10:21PM 0.24				10:29AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	19	17	14	13	13	16	24	24	23	17	16	15	17	18	19	19	19	12	12	11	17
Chill °C (?)	23	19	17	14	12	12	16	24	24	23	17	15	14	17	18	19	19	19	11	11	10	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.4 NW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.4 NNW	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	1.5 E	1.9 NE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 NE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	9	9	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	14	14	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.5 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	2.0 ENE	0.1 S	1.3 E	-	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.8 NE
Period (s)	9	7	7	9	9	9	12	8	5	8	16	11	11	9	9	9	9	10	-	9	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	8	8	8	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	9	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 17										Tuesday 18
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Fields Canterbury	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Fairway Reef Northland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Arataki Bay of Plenty
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 NNW	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.1 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.5 ENE	0.5 WSW	5.5 N	5.5 N	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	7	10	11	12	12	9
Energy(?)	454	1182	1217	638	638	641	208	431	457	393	180	673	673	319	417	354	145	479	64	7626	7515	914
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)										10:02PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	1
High °C	22	20	20	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	13	13	15	15	17	15	18	14	13	14	19
Chill °C (?)	22	20	20	17	16	16	17	17	17	16	15	12	11	15	15	17	15	18	12	10	12	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.3 NNW	0.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 E	0.9 E	1.5 ENE	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	10	7	10	7	10	7	8	8	8	9	10	7	10	11	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.0 E	0.5 S	0.4 NW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 S	1.0 ENE	0.6 E	0.3 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 N
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	17	17	10	9	9	9	8	11	11	9	9	6	9	15	8	13	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	1.9 NE	1.4 ENE	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	5.5 N	5.5 N	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	3	10	10	10	10	10	-	7	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	12	12	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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