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 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Smithfield Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago
Rating	2	5	4	5	4	4	4	7	7	6	5	5	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	4.5 WSW	3.0 W	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WNW	2.0 W	2.5 S	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.0 SE	2.5 SSE	4.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	13	13	8	11	11	15	14	14	14	14	8	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	179	5751	2917	469	2715	1943	1640	1427	7520	6704	3279	3674	2571	1205	2151	1068	1461	4770	2554	2066	1447	868
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)						11:18PM 2.12	11:35AM 2.19		11:24PM 3.43	6:46AM 1.79		9:36PM 1.71	9:44AM 1.54				1:29PM 3.23			2:58PM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)							5:25AM 0.16	5:13PM 0.40				3:47AM 0.26				7:10AM 0.67			8:11AM 0.84		9:16PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	9	-	34	2	-	21	2	1	2	4	1	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	12	11	12	18	15	16	19	12	13	17	14	14	12	20	12	16	13	13	13	12	13
Low °C	14	11	10	10	17	14	14	17	11	11	16	11	14	11	16	12	15	12	13	13	10	11
Chill °C (?)	15	9	8	10	18	13	16	18	10	13	16	14	12	10	20	12	15	11	13	13	11	13
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	6:09	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.1 N	3.0 W	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.7 W	2.0 W	0.2 NNE	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.5 E	2.5 SSE	2.0 SE	2.5 SSE	0.6 ENE	3.5 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE
Period (s)	10	11	12	13	13	14	11	7	15	14	14	14	14	9	12	12	11	9	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	1.6 NNW	0.1 NE	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.3 WNW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	-	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.7 ENE	1.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	-	-	16	-	-	8	10	9	9	9	8	8	-	10	10	8	14	8	9	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	4.5 WSW	-	0.3 NE	-	3.5 WNW	-	2.5 S	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	0.4 WSW	-	4.5 SE	-	-	-	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	12	-	2	-	8	-	11	4	-	-	-	-	8	-	3	-	11	-	-	-	11

	Thursday 16					Friday 17								Saturday 18
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	5PM	8PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	3	3	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 S	3.5 W	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 NW	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	13	13	13	13	9	11	13	12	12	13	11
Energy(?)	1016	1166	299	3357	4756	4003	3387	1956	1669	1490	3241	1380	1359	2039	1945	1953	1640	2442	1574	3031	5359	3491
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	-	-	low	mid-flow	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	-
High Tide / height (m)						10:38PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)								4:09AM 0.50		11:14AM 0.22						4:50AM 0.44				5:38PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	7	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	1	2	3	-
Temp. °C	11	14	16	12	11	9	10	11	12	17	12	21	21	15	14	14	14	12	15	12	12	16
Chill °C (?)	9	13	15	11	10	7	9	11	12	17	10	21	21	14	13	14	14	11	15	11	10	15
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.6 S	1.1 S	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.0 S	1.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 NW	2.0 W	2.5 W	2.2 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	8	9	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	9	11	13	12	12	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	1.6 WSW	1.6 NNW	0.7 WSW	1.1 NW	1.2 N	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	11	11	-	-	11	8	18	8	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 W	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S
Period (s)	8	9	5	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11

	Thursday 16	Friday 17
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Te Oka Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	3	3	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.7 S	0.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	0.3 ESE	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	6	8	10	8	8	11	12	11	11	14	12	11	11	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	9
Energy(?)	352	702	179	424	532	5188	5465	3680	3696	135	2259	965	947	4079	4154	3162	6079	5377	2739	1944	3387	128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																	10:03PM 3.27
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	10	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	17	10	22	21	17	17	11	11	9	11	9	10	18
Chill °C (?)	9	8	13	12	13	9	9	9	9	16	7	22	21	16	16	9	9	6	10	8	9	18
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.7 S	0.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	10	8	8	-	-	-	-	10	8	11	11	10	10	-	12	12	12	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	1.1 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	0.6 NE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	-	-	-	-	11	13	12	12	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	0.9 SSW	2.2 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	9	6	4	4	11	12	11	11	5	12	-	-	10	10	11	11	12	-	-	-	-

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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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