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

	Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tue
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Black Swamp Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	5	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.0 ENE	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	4.0 ESE	2.5 E	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	12	13	7	8	10	10	10	12	12	13	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	16	14
Energy(?)	4433	2925	1779	191	1083	152	1027	1373	6475	1774	1062	957	1283	698	874	1283	2321	919	1136	1153	753	618
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross	off	cross- off	on	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:26PM 2.25	9:38AM 2.41		10:21PM 2.59	10:37AM 2.77		10:59PM 2.71	11:12AM 3.78		12:49AM 3.39	11:30AM 2.56		2:52AM 2.21			10:23PM 1.83	10:40AM 1.83		12:42AM 2.61	12:01PM 2.20
Low Tide / height (m)		2:50PM 0.36	3:33AM 0.35		4:13PM 0.30		4:30AM 0.08	4:54PM -0.04		5:07AM 0.15	6:38PM 0.43		5:26AM 0.19	6:10PM -0.11	8:46PM 0.07	9:05AM 0.07	4:11PM 0.01		4:35AM 0.11	6:16PM 0.42		6:05AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	13	-	-	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	17	15	20	18	18	21	18	19	16	19	16	20	19	20	15	19	21	20	18	18
Low °C	19	18	15	15	18	17	18	20	18	19	14	18	13	19	17	18	14	18	18	18	15	13
Chill °C (?)	20	19	17	14	20	18	17	21	17	19	16	19	16	20	19	20	14	19	21	20	18	18
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	7:40	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:01	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 E	2.5 E	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	14	12	13	7	8	10	10	10	12	12	13	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.1 NW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 N	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	18	-	-	18	19	16	17	17	12	10	-	-	12	14	6	12	18	21	20	18	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	2.2 E	0.5 S	4.0 ESE	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	-	0.2 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	8	3	10	6	-	-	-	4	-	-	14	-	3	3	-	11

	Tuesday 17					Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Fri
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	9	13	13	11	11	8	9	10	11	11	10
Energy(?)	3490	3483	3473	3087	2434	1779	1550	1550	1443	1491	547	631	1059	740	864	734	1027	1297	2340	1691	1425	1029
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	9:23AM 2.48				9:46PM 3.30				10:00AM 2.65					10:21PM 2.59			7:37AM 1.71				9:30PM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)			3:17PM 0.42				3:52AM 0.21					5:24PM 0.56							1:55PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	20	19	18	16	16	15	16	19	15	16	18	17	8	8	18	18	19	21	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	19	20	19	18	16	16	15	16	19	14	16	18	17	7	8	17	17	19	21	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	9	13	13	11	11	8	9	10	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 N
Period (s)	-	18	18	18	18	-	-	-	-	18	17	17	15	19	10	10	17	15	16	14	17	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.6 S	-	-	2.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	3

	Tuesday 17																Wednesday 18
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	15	15	13	13	8	8	8	17	17	17
Energy(?)	3725	4123	4433	4093	3856	3092	3092	3092	2925	3090	276	291	2980	2169	714	633	83	84	83	273	272	162
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:37AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)									3:39PM 0.27									12:35AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	17	16	19	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	19	17	16	19	18	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	17
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	12	12	15	15	13	13	8	8	8	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.5 N	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	-	18	18	18	19	-	-	-	-	18	12	12	17	-	9	9	11	11	11	17	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	8	8	8

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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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