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

	Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Sat
	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	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Back Beach Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period(s)	18	17	18	17	16	16	14	16	16	16	13	12	12	12	13	12	11	13	11	10	10	10
Energy	1617	2614	1225	1367	1211	1082	528	837	516	561	699	589	582	504	203	207	520	1084	849	740	1483	1671
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:16AM 2.26		10:12PM 3.03	9:42AM 3.26		9:53PM 2.82	10:30AM 3.25	1:00PM 2.32	11:50PM 3.08	11:20AM 3.17	1:55PM 2.26		3:38AM 2.47	4:17PM 2.48	12:29AM 3.01		5:16PM 2.38	2:59AM 2.12		3:29PM 3.02		3:53AM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)		5:30PM 0.12		3:35AM 0.07	3:42PM -0.08		4:24AM 0.04			5:15AM 0.07		9:37PM 0.41	10:04AM 0.28		6:17PM 0.16	7:05AM 0.60		8:44PM 0.40	9:11AM 0.93		9:36PM 1.09	10:16AM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	11
High °C	8	9	11	12	15	14	13	9	9	13	11	11	13	14	14	12	14	13	12	13	13	12
Low °C	7	9	10	10	14	13	11	9	8	12	10	11	12	13	11	10	14	12	11	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	7	8	10	12	14	13	13	9	7	13	9	10	12	13	14	12	13	12	11	12	12	10
Sunrise	8:03	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46
Sunset	-	5:24	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 W	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	1.9 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW
Period (s)	13	17	18	17	16	16	14	16	16	16	13	12	12	12	13	12	11	13	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.8 W	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	1.0 W	0.9 WNW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	18	12	12	5	-	-	5	6	-	-	21	20	10	10	20	19	16	11	11	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.5 S	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	4	11	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 16					Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tue
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s)	18	18	17	16	18	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	15	14	16
Energy	1617	2460	2614	2136	1039	1225	1230	1127	1367	1304	1211	1003	1118	1082	505	515	528	540	837	749	698	516
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:16AM 2.26				10:12PM 3.03				9:24AM 2.73				9:53PM 2.82				10:13AM 2.71	1:00PM 2.32			11:50PM 3.08
Low Tide / height (m)				5:30PM 0.12				3:35AM 0.07				3:57PM -0.06				4:14AM 0.01					7:12PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	7	8	9	9	11	10	10	9	10	14	15	11	14	14	12	12	11	15	9	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	5	7	8	9	10	10	9	7	10	13	14	11	13	13	11	11	11	14	9	9	7	7
Sunrise	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	13	18	17	16	18	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	16	15	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSE	1.1 SW	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.1 SW	0.8 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	-
Period (s)	18	-	12	-	12	12	-	12	5	12	-	-	7	-	-	-	5	21	6	7	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 E	-	0.3 ESE	-	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	7	7	5	3	-	3	-	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 16																	Sunday 17
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	13	12	16	12	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Energy	1566	1659	1617	1617	3377	2460	2432	3534	2614	1031	1066	2136	1054	1061	1039	1112	1135	1225	1213	1359	1230	1148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						11:16AM 2.26											10:12PM 3.03
Low Tide / height (m)												5:30PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	10	9	17	16	9	15	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	5	5	5	5	6	7	8	10	8	16	16	9	14	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	17	13	12	16	12	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	19	18	18	18	18	-	-	18	12	22	21	-	21	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.5 S	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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