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 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			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	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.5 NW	2.2 ENE	2.1 W	2.3 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	9	10	6	9	11	8	11	11	10	14	11	13	13	13	14	13	14	15	14
Energy(?)	1900	403	372	492	596	474	584	2844	710	1068	1389	715	1490	700	1195	1018	1079	935	939	1819	1721	1313
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			9:18PM 2.97	7:54AM 2.23		9:02PM 3.00	9:10AM 2.68	4:19PM 1.73	9:15PM 2.35	6:57AM 1.93	5:39PM 1.29	9:51PM 2.38	5:24AM 1.68	4:56PM 1.66		6:47AM 1.38	4:49PM 1.57	7:14PM 1.30	7:12AM 1.40		7:38PM 1.21	7:56AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		3:08PM 1.17	3:30AM 1.11		2:35PM 0.55	3:16AM 0.64			3:32AM 0.31				11:40AM 0.36		10:07PM 0.98			1:23AM 0.28		1:37PM 0.26	1:43AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	2	9	4
High °C	17	14	12	23	19	17	23	16	18	17	18	13	23	19	18	21	16	19	18	20	19	19
Low °C	15	13	11	18	17	15	20	15	18	13	18	10	19	18	18	21	16	17	17	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	12	10	23	19	17	23	14	17	16	18	12	23	19	18	21	16	19	18	20	19	19
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	8:31	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:36	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	0.4 S	1.2 E	1.6 ENE	0.5 S	1.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	3.5 NW	2.2 ENE	2.1 W	2.3 W	1.6 W	2.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	12	7	10	9	11	7	9	11	8	11	11	10	14	11	13	13	13	14	13	14	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.9 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.2 S	0.5 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.6 W	0.7 SW	-	0.8 NE
Period (s)	15	13	8	10	11	10	5	13	14	-	-	9	18	8	7	7	7	7	18	18	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	1.5 ENE	-	2.1 NNE	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	4	-	10	6	-	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 16							Monday 17								Tuesday 18
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Baylys Beach Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Campbells Bay Otago	Herbertville Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 NE	1.9 SW	1.5 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 SW	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.3 NE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	8	12	10	10	12	10	10	10	8	9	8	9	9	8	8
Energy(?)	2043	1624	1248	1735	2036	1265	1217	1156	1191	629	547	598	938	883	1090	1276	1309	1174	504	1130	1116	1064
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			8:57AM 2.86				8:04PM 2.55			5:14AM 1.87			3:32PM 1.61				2:34AM 1.66	4:41AM 1.32				4:35PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	2:45AM 1.16				1:50PM 0.62				2:15AM 0.43		9:57AM 0.28				8:12PM 0.97	10:21PM 0.24				10:30AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	8	11	18	17	15	15	11	15	14	17	23	22	17	18	14	14	13	20	23	24	22
Chill °C (?)	10	6	11	18	17	15	15	10	15	14	17	23	22	16	18	14	13	12	20	23	24	22
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.9 SW	1.5 E	1.5 ENE	1.4 SW	1.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	8	12	10	10	12	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 SW	-	0.1 N	-	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.6 NNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	20	19	19	15	-	18	-	6	21	16	7	8	9	8	13	9	7	9	8	5	5	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NE	-	-	1.2 NE	0.5 E	1.7 ENE	1.4 NNE	1.9 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.3 NE	-	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	6	3	10	8	10	8	9	8	-	9	8	8

	Sunday 16
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Baylys Beach Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Baylys Beach Northland	Fields Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Campbells Bay Otago	Herbertville Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 E	2.1 WSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	2.4 SW	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	12	10	10	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2209	2043	2043	1607	1751	1451	1331	233	1731	503	408	1739	451	622	274	347	390	418	663	488	488	356
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							7:50AM 2.47							2:09PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		2:45AM 1.16						8:39AM 0.34		10:36AM 0.69											9:18PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	16	14	11	12	9	15	17	15	18	13	12	10	15	12	14	14	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	16	14	10	12	8	15	16	14	18	10	10	7	14	9	12	12	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 E	2.1 WSW	1.3 E	1.3 E	2.4 SW	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 E	0.3 S	1.3 E	0.8 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	12	7	7	11	10	6	10	8	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.9 NW	0.7 S	-	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	20	20	10	16	15	16	9	15	7	8	-	14	7	6	8	12	8	14	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 E	1.3 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	10	10	3	3	11	3	10	5	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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