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 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Puwheke Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.1 W	0.5 E	2.4 NE	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	9	9	10	10	13
Energy(?)	1618	1277	771	640	187	1730	1713	912	1400	2734	1915	549	1152	1526	1487	1743	646	431	430	497	589	404
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:24AM 3.09		3:00PM 3.26	3:35AM 3.10		3:40PM 2.70		7:21AM 2.23	6:17PM 1.89		5:49AM 1.82	1:32PM 2.09	3:24AM 2.20		4:04PM 2.00		4:33AM 1.83	3:52PM 1.79	8:22PM 1.74	8:49AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		7:17PM 0.43	8:48AM 0.86		9:20PM 0.84	9:25AM 0.41		1:12AM 0.46			12:40AM 0.40	11:59AM 0.64		9:06PM 0.63	8:39AM 0.41		9:50PM 0.52	10:23AM 0.45		2:35AM 0.74		3:02PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	15	14	19	16	17	24	15	16	14	14	15	16	19	13	18	18	16	17	19	17	24	14
Low °C	15	13	14	16	15	21	15	15	13	12	12	16	17	12	17	17	14	16	18	16	21	12
Chill °C (?)	14	14	19	16	17	24	14	15	13	12	14	14	18	11	18	17	16	17	19	17	24	12
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:19	-	-	9:20	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:55	-	-	9:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.8 W	1.1 W	0.8 NNE	2.4 NE	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	0.1 NW	0.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	11	12	8	12	12	13	13	13	16	14	14	13	9	12	12	9	9	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.4 WSW	-	1.1 NW	0.5 E	0.4 NNE	0.6 N	1.1 SW	0.2 S	0.4 NNE	-	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SW	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	-	10	13	15	13	6	5	12	-	16	16	8	13	-	-	9	11	13	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	2.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.9 WSW	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.6 NE	-	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	13	8	8	7	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	3

	Monday 08			Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Henderson Bay Northland	Puwheke Beach Northland	Henderson Bay Northland	Paparahi Point Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	1.9 NNE	3.0 NE	2.3 NE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	10	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1382	1343	1358	1192	1190	1071	1007	1022	1332	2041	2201	1039	1423	2682	1596	1838	4663	1957	3193	3086	3277	3011
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					2:41AM 3.24					4:19PM 2.11							1:37PM 2.25					5:04AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)			8:23PM 0.70				8:32AM 0.28	11:45AM 0.48						6:44AM 0.43						10:51PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	19	13	12	11	14	16	19	21	18	15	13	16	16	19	22	23	21	19	12	11	10
Chill °C (?)	15	19	13	12	10	14	16	19	21	18	14	12	16	15	19	22	23	21	19	11	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	2.0 W	2.2 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.6 W	1.9 NNE	3.0 NE	2.3 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW	0.9 E	0.2 N	0.6 E	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	9	12	13	12	16	16	12	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 08										Tuesday 09
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Henderson Bay Northland	Puwheke Beach Northland	Henderson Bay Northland	Paparahi Point Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	1.8 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.9 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.2 ENE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	12	14	12	14	14	14	14	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1546	842	1618	1597	1494	1505	1416	2416	2145	2049	2271	1321	87	149	30	111	107	107	140	1069	1011	975
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																	5:48AM 0.23	6:05AM 0.02			9:23AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	19	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	13	11	18	17	16	18	17	17	17	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	19	14	14	15	13	13	14	13	13	12	11	18	17	16	18	17	16	17	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	1.8 W	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 NW	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	12	14	4	14	14	14	14	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	12	13	13	-	-	-	-	12	11	9	12	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	-	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	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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