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

	Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Mon
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kina Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bog Works Taranaki	Piha-The Ditch Auckland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	2	3	4	4	7	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 NW	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 SW	2.5 S	1.9 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	8	13	12	12	10	11	9	12	13	11	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	270	156	1280	1052	725	4509	1724	2875	2504	889	613	810	935	1658	2617	1278	628	1173	882	1003	1036	1042
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:23PM 3.48	11:43AM 3.70		1:07AM 3.33				6:05AM 1.88	3:27PM 2.17			2:33PM 2.82	2:54AM 2.65		3:11PM 2.64	2:28AM 2.67		2:50PM 2.68	3:17AM 2.54
Low Tide / height (m)	11:54AM 0.09	5:01PM 0.05		5:32AM 0.30	5:58PM 0.32		7:14AM 0.58	5:12PM 0.04	12:07AM 0.62	12:21PM 0.18		10:43PM 0.15	9:06AM 0.38		8:48PM 0.27	8:05AM 0.62		8:26PM 0.43	8:41AM 0.57		9:12PM 0.63	9:34AM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	3	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	12	11	14	17	18	20	20	17	19	20	15	15	15	14	15	21	17	21	21	19	21
Low °C	17	11	10	13	17	18	17	20	16	15	18	14	13	14	11	14	20	16	20	20	18	20
Chill °C (?)	18	9	9	12	16	17	20	20	16	19	20	15	14	13	13	14	21	16	21	21	19	21
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:16	-	-	9:16	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 SW	2.5 SSE	1.9 WSW	0.5 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	-	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	13	12	12	10	11	13	12	13	-	12	12	11	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 S	-	1.4 NNE	0.1 N	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.2 N	0.7 ENE	-	-	1.0 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.4 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	11	10	-	8	14	-	9	-	9	19	11	17	7	-	-	8	13	13	6	13	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	-	0.4 SE	2.2 NW	-	0.5 S	-	2.5 S	-	1.7 SSE	-	-	2.5 WSW	1.8 W	-	1.3 WSW	-	0.5 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	6	-	3	8	-	3	-	10	-	9	-	-	11	12	-	7	-	6	-	5	4

	Monday 02								Tuesday 03							Wednesday 04
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Kina Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bog Works Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NE	1.3 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 W	2.5 S	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	1.7 W	4.0 W	1.8 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	11	12	11	10	11	12	12	13	11	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	549	522	270	245	253	282	344	1284	1826	1339	1018	1161	1326	1583	1574	6219	1182	4473	2744	1290	1027	1229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				11:01AM 3.67				9:53PM 1.21		4:33AM 2.02			1:17PM 2.17			11:59PM 3.30				12:20PM 3.33
Low Tide / height (m)		4:30AM 0.05				6:12PM 0.53					7:55AM 0.13			6:49PM -0.03				6:04AM 0.01				6:39PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	21	17	18	20	17	16	21	9	9	11	11	16	14	13	16	12	16	19	20	21	19
Chill °C (?)	13	21	17	18	20	17	16	21	7	8	10	11	16	13	12	15	11	16	19	20	21	19
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.3 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 W	1.2 W	2.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 W	2.2 NW	4.0 W	1.8 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	7	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	12	12	11	10	11	12	9	13	11	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.6 E	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	0.3 S	1.1 NNE	1.7 NNW	1.7 W	-	1.5 NNW	-	-	0.1 N	0.2 S	0.1 NW
Period (s)	12	6	11	5	11	9	9	9	8	8	-	10	7	8	12	-	9	-	-	18	8	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.5 N	-	-	-	2.1 SW	1.8 SSW	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	2.2 SSE	-	-	-	0.3 S	-	1.1 S
Period (s)	7	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	11	12	-	-	3	-	-	7	-	-	-	8	-	7

	Monday 02
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Kina Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bog Works Taranaki	Bog Works Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ENE	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.4 S	0.6 SW	1.1 ENE	1.3 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	6	12	11	11	11	12	12	7	12	7	11	7	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	170	444	273	277	277	193	239	756	194	227	541	17	906	237	237	246	229	328	299	220	196	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				4:49AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	6	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	21	14	15	15	11	12	19	15	17	12	12	14	17	17	20	17	22	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	15	21	14	15	15	10	11	18	15	17	9	9	12	16	16	20	17	22	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 E	0.7 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	10	7	7	11	11	7	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.1 N	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.3 WNW	1.0 NW	1.3 WSW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 SW	0.4 N	0.1 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	7	11	11	11	10	10	11	12	10	8	8	11	9	9	4	9	11	-	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 S	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 NNE	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.7 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 N
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	3	-	4	4	4	4	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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