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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	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sun
	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	Te Araroa East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Karitane Point Otago	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Te Araroa East Cape	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	2	4	9	6	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 ESE	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SE	1.2 N	0.7 ESE	1.8 E	0.9 E	1.3 E	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	13	9	12	11	8	8	11	17	16	12	12	11	12	11	12	13	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	856	2400	1911	475	3929	2387	1837	1175	763	3146	1404	298	512	165	922	344	537	5014	5513	791	1866	3226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:29AM 2.98			10:08AM 3.27		10:30PM 2.87	10:48AM 3.07		11:08PM 3.02	11:15AM 3.37	4:39PM 1.71	11:26PM 3.54	6:55AM 1.54		7:14PM 1.42	7:40AM 1.52			8:29AM 1.51	6:34PM 1.76		9:53AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		4:40PM 1.07	12:30AM 0.62	4:01AM 0.67	4:08PM 0.23		4:33AM 0.29	5:25PM 0.22		5:08AM 0.28				1:32PM 0.18	1:26AM 0.15		1:59PM 0.17	12:46AM 0.51			12:55AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	1	10	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	15	12	17	15	16	16	12	14	17	18	21	19	17	23	16	12	15	22	18	22
Low °C	19	16	14	11	16	13	15	16	11	13	16	17	20	18	15	21	15	10	12	21	17	19
Chill °C (?)	20	16	15	10	15	14	16	16	10	14	17	18	21	19	17	23	14	9	14	22	18	22
Sunrise	6:35	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05
Sunset	-	8:24	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:58	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	1.7 S	1.3 SE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SE	1.2 N	0.7 ESE	1.8 E	0.8 SE	1.3 E	-	3.0 SW	1.3 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	10	14	13	9	12	11	8	12	11	17	16	12	12	11	12	10	12	-	13	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	1.0 E	0.6 SE	0.6 ESE	1.6 SE	0.8 E	1.1 SW	1.7 ESE	-	0.6 E	0.9 WNW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.9 E	0.3 SSW	-	1.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	22	10	9	14	10	10	11	10	-	7	6	7	7	11	14	-	16	8	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	1.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	9	5	8	8	8	8	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	3	4	13	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 15					Monday 16								Tuesday 17								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Back Beach Taranaki	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Graveyards Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Karitane Point Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.1 E	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 ENE	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.0 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SE	2.1 SSW	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	11	11	8	8	11	8	11	11	8
Energy(?)	1157	1392	1029	1428	1073	1911	1453	1115	1508	1720	1435	2180	3343	3552	2056	2264	1837	3128	1411	2089	1507	1039
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:29AM 2.98			9:40PM 2.50					10:03AM 3.09	3:23PM 1.65					5:24AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)							3:56AM 0.46	4:24AM 0.48				4:06PM 0.66		11:18PM 0.23				10:17AM 0.58			9:54PM 0.15	11:56PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	20	16	16	17	15	14	15	15	17	12	19	15	14	14	15	15	15	16	12	12	14
Chill °C (?)	14	20	16	15	16	14	14	14	14	17	10	19	14	13	12	14	14	14	16	10	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.1 E	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 ENE	2.5 SW	3.0 S	2.5 ESE	2.0 E	1.8 SSW	1.7 S	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	9	13	11	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	9	11	11	8	8	11	9	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 W	0.2 N	1.3 SSE	0.1 S	1.4 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 W	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.4 ESE	0.4 SW	0.8 ESE	2.4 SSW	1.3 SE	1.6 E	1.6 SE	0.1 S	1.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SE
Period (s)	13	12	9	9	13	22	22	21	11	11	8	20	10	8	10	11	10	12	8	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 S	-	0.4 SE	1.3 SSE	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	1.0 S	-	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SE	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSE	-	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	2	9	-	-	9	-	5	-	9	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	-	8

	Sunday 15																Monday 16
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Back Beach Taranaki	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Graveyards Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Karitane Point Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smithfield Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.1 ENE	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.0 E	3.0 SW	6.5 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	1.1 SE	4.5 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	6.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	10	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	8	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	1199	1169	856	1470	1639	2859	1339	1854	2400	2247	142	3698	8282	4814	3658	3998	4255	186	4862	151	151	12955
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																				2:57AM 1.76		4:33AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)									3:47PM 0.63							10:18PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	3	2	2	-	3	-	-	4
High °C	11	13	19	15	18	16	17	19	17	17	13	18	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	15
Chill °C (?)	9	12	19	13	18	14	15	19	16	16	11	17	9	8	9	9	8	10	8	10	10	12
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.1 ENE	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.2 N	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.0 E	3.0 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.1 SE	1.8 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	3.0 E
Period (s)	9	9	10	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	8	14	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.3 N	0.1 N	0.6 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	-
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	6	12	12	24	12	12	12	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 SSE	0.5 S	-	2.5 SSE	1.1 S	2.3 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.0 S	2.0 S	6.5 S	5.0 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	4.5 S	1.3 SSW	4.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	6.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	-	8	4	13	8	8	4	8	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	4	4	11

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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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