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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	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.1 S	0.3 SSE	5.5 NNW	4.0 N	3.0 NNW	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	4.0 S	0.9 W	1.9 N	2.1 ENE	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	14	14	12	10	11	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	10	13	8	8	12	14	14
Energy(?)	4809	2246	1643	1406	757	29	6442	5439	2617	1662	2367	1374	1382	1196	1143	4766	734	1153	875	1799	715	2246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:20PM 2.93	8:33AM 2.77		9:59PM 3.20	10:19AM 3.14		9:38PM 3.41	4:53AM 1.34	5:17PM 1.40		6:00AM 1.35		9:14PM 1.20	3:40AM 1.85	4:38PM 1.62			12:21PM 2.73	12:43AM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)		2:04PM 0.47	2:33AM 0.38		2:32PM 0.30		4:10AM 0.76	3:31PM 0.44		11:06AM 0.19		11:34PM 0.21		12:35PM 0.31	3:14AM 0.34	9:49AM 0.29		10:49PM 0.32	6:21AM 0.77		6:35PM 0.82	7:29AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	30	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	2	-	9	2
High °C	11	12	9	14	13	10	13	11	10	14	13	10	15	13	12	15	14	13	14	10	7	7
Low °C	10	11	7	9	11	9	11	11	8	10	12	7	14	12	10	12	14	12	13	10	4	5
Chill °C (?)	10	11	7	13	11	8	10	9	10	13	12	10	15	12	12	13	13	12	13	6	4	4
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:18	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	6:28	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.2 S	0.6 S	-	4.0 N	3.0 NNW	2.2 W	2.2 W	1.8 W	1.9 N	1.8 W	1.8 WSW	3.0 S	1.4 N	1.0 W	0.9 E	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	14	12	12	14	10	10	-	11	11	13	13	12	8	13	13	10	8	14	14	12	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 NW	-	-	0.1 E	1.1 S	0.3 SSE	-	1.9 WNW	1.1 W	0.2 S	1.9 NNW	1.2 NW	1.7 W	0.9 N	1.1 N	0.3 E	0.9 W	0.9 W	0.4 SSW	-	-	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	-	-	13	14	12	-	11	11	15	10	9	12	8	9	9	13	14	9	-	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	-	-	0.6 N	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	5.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 S	-	1.9 N	2.1 ENE	1.5 WSW	-	2.2 SW
Period (s)	7	-	-	4	3	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	8	8	12	-	7

	Friday 19					Saturday 20								Sunday 21								Mon
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	3.0 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	9	15	9	10	12	11	11	13
Energy(?)	5598	4223	3326	3055	3245	1256	1025	1155	1029	1247	1100	1141	1034	1044	1930	1083	2532	1135	5558	4114	3116	6915
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:59AM 2.71				8:05PM 2.65	9:20PM 3.12			8:43AM 3.15			3:42PM 1.45										11:10PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)			2:04PM 0.47							9:26AM 0.17				10:42PM 0.25			8:25AM 0.15			4:15PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
Temp. °C	10	11	12	12	12	8	8	7	9	14	14	11	9	7	9	9	14	15	12	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	8	10	11	11	11	6	7	5	7	13	12	9	8	4	7	8	13	15	12	11	10	10
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.7 SW	1.8 ENE	2.4 NE	2.5 ENE	4.5 NW	4.0 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	9	8	9	10	12	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.6 NW	0.8 S	0.6 ENE	0.1 E	0.8 S	0.3 NE	1.3 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 N	3.0 N
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	5	15	5	14	15	7	15	10	15	14	14	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	3.0 WSW	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	5	5	9	8	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 19																	Saturday 20
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	0.6 S	2.4 S	-	-	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	13	10	10	9	9	9	10	12	-	-	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	6358	5018	4809	4777	10969	2630	2453	2891	2696	1853	1783	582	646	850	78	1727	0	0	1256	1265	1025	1067
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:59AM 2.71													6:32PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)									2:11PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	10	13	13	11	12	12	12	9	9	8	8	10	18	6	6	6	8	11	8	8
Chill °C (?)	6	6	8	12	11	10	12	11	11	7	8	7	6	8	18	4	2	3	6	10	7	6
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	0.6 S	2.4 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	7	7	11	11	11	11	12	11	13	15	-	-	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	1.1 NE	0.6 NE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	-	15	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	6	4	5	5	-	-	-	-

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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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