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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	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Colac Bay Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Eddies South Shore Canterbury
Rating	1	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.4 W	1.0 S	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 W	2.0 W	0.9 NE	1.1 E	1.0 SW	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	14	11	14	12	12	12	13	13	11	13	13	14	13	12	10	11	13	11	15	13	14
Energy(?)	47	9331	4099	4954	2091	1643	926	1131	681	320	3297	6463	3699	2513	1387	947	1038	1288	347	612	341	395
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		5:44PM 1.37			2:41PM 1.57		3:16AM 1.35		10:34PM 2.00	10:17AM 2.69		9:34PM 3.13	9:52AM 3.06		9:52PM 2.85	11:24AM 3.18		10:43PM 3.40	11:00AM 3.36		6:34PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	11:26AM 0.49		12:15AM 0.50	8:23AM 0.14		11:06PM 0.35	9:26AM 0.17	4:26PM 0.42		4:08AM 0.20	3:25PM 0.24		3:47AM 0.17	3:52PM 0.19		5:18AM 0.68	5:33PM 0.70		4:56AM 0.36	12:42PM 0.22	12:48AM 0.25	7:49AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	11	12	10	11	8	15	13	10	14	13	11	10	12	11	11	14	10	19	16	7	11
Low °C	16	10	10	10	10	7	11	11	9	9	12	10	9	12	9	11	12	8	16	15	6	10
Chill °C (?)	17	8	9	8	10	5	15	11	7	13	11	11	9	12	11	10	13	10	19	15	5	10
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	6:37	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	2.5 NW	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.4 W	1.0 S	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	1.5 WNW	1.6 W	2.0 W	0.9 NE	1.1 E	1.0 SW	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	10	16	14	12	12	12	13	13	11	-	13	14	13	12	10	11	13	11	15	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	-	0.9 NNW	1.4 NW	1.0 NW	-	0.4 NE	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	3.0 N	2.0 NNW	1.9 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.0 WSW	1.4 N	1.0 N	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 E
Period (s)	6	-	8	10	9	-	5	14	18	19	-	11	10	10	9	13	10	9	16	14	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	1.5 SSE	-	-	1.1 NNE	0.8 NE	0.9 NNE	0.8 NE	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.7 NW	-	-
Period (s)	4	14	11	7	-	-	5	4	4	7	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20
	1AM	4AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Kingston Norfolk Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	1.5 NNW	0.8 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 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	1.7 S	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	9	9	14	9	9	7	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	537	941	241	45	56	294	236	6523	5135	4838	5331	4037	3311	3093	3245	1256	1036	1175	1029	1191	1486	1190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)			5:06AM 1.15		1:50PM 1.60	3:51PM 1.69		9:09PM 1.86			7:59AM 2.71				8:05PM 2.65	9:20PM 3.12			8:43AM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)	11:49PM 0.19						8:21PM 0.16						2:04PM 0.47							9:26AM 0.17		5:10PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	9	18	17	17	14	11	7	6	8	10	10	11	12	11	7	7	7	8	14	17	11
Chill °C (?)	8	7	18	17	17	12	9	5	3	7	8	8	11	11	9	5	5	5	6	13	17	9
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	1.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.9 NNW	0.8 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 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	1.5 S	1.7 W
Period (s)	8	8	14	9	9	7	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	-	1.6 WNW	0.9 NW	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.5 NW	1.7 S	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	8	9	5	12	10	7	10	10	-	9	11	-	10	-	-	9	-	-	5	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.5 NNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	9	9	4	4	5	7	4	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	3

	Wed	Thursday 18
	11PM	0AM	2AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Kingston Norfolk Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	2	1	1	2	2	7	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 NE	0.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.8 S	1.3 SSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	14	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	14	13	13
Energy(?)	777	649	396	49	49	8	51	4872	4872	3745	8295	3750	3389	7552	4195	3313	3826	2310	2411	243	600	7581
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)									8:42AM 1.77													9:50PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		11:49PM 0.19												1:02PM 0.61							8:09PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	11	10	18	15	15	14	15	11	10	11	14	15	15	13	15	11	11	12	12	11	8	6
Chill °C (?)	9	8	18	15	15	12	13	8	7	8	13	14	14	12	13	8	8	9	9	8	4	2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.0 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.1 NE	0.4 SSW	3.0 NW	3.0 NW	1.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	-	2.5 NW	2.5 NW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.8 S	0.1 NE	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	14	6	6	11	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	-	10	11	8	8	14	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.2 S	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	1.4 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	-	-	1.2 W	1.6 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 NE	0.1 NE	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	10	10	13	16	16	-	8	8	8	-	-	16	16	18	18	7	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.6 NE	-	-	0.7 NNW	1.1 NW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WNW	4.0 W	-	-	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.8 WNW	1.3 SSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	4	-	-	6	4	11	11	11	11	-	-	11	11	10	10	11	11	4	13	14

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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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