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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	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	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	Tom Bowling Bay Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Colac Bay Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	6	4	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 ENE	2.4 WSW	2.1 NE	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	3.5 WNW	0.4 SW	3.0 NNW	2.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	13	13	13	9	9	13	13	12	12	12	10	14	13	11	15	8	16	15	15
Energy(?)	2410	1705	1218	1400	1324	2394	1372	838	1400	1145	679	840	666	415	826	555	3298	118	1472	2418	979	897
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:48AM 2.27	1:13PM 2.57	12:09AM 1.69		1:43PM 2.04	1:29AM 1.92		6:26PM 1.78		6:56AM 1.71	2:23PM 2.02		10:12AM 2.14	6:21PM 2.84	8:22PM 1.74	8:39AM 1.78		9:03PM 1.83	8:04AM 2.53		8:29PM 2.89	7:41AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)				7:29AM 0.40		7:42PM 0.30	8:28AM 0.65		12:44AM 0.68			12:02AM 0.75			2:35AM 0.74		2:27PM 1.32	3:16AM 0.68		2:15PM 0.82	2:45AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	38	2	43	4	22	6
High °C	21	15	18	14	14	15	21	15	14	19	21	17	22	17	17	21	14	12	17	13	10	10
Low °C	18	15	18	12	13	14	18	14	13	19	19	16	19	14	14	17	13	9	14	12	6	8
Chill °C (?)	21	15	18	13	13	13	21	14	13	19	21	17	22	17	16	21	12	11	15	12	8	7
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	9:19	-	-	9:17	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:44	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:21	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	2.4 WSW	2.1 NE	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	0.2 NNW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	3.5 WNW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	2.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	10	13	13	16	9	9	13	13	12	12	12	10	14	13	11	12	12	16	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.6 N	1.0 N	0.2 S	0.3 N	-	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.4 S	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.1 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	-	0.7 NE	-	0.7 NE
Period (s)	13	13	12	5	12	-	13	13	15	8	14	-	-	16	-	12	13	7	-	8	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 N	1.1 W	2.5 WSW	-	-	1.4 SSE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 SE	0.5 NE	1.3 ENE	2.2 N	1.8 WNW	3.0 NNW	-	-	0.8 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	5	13	-	-	7	-	-	3	3	3	3	8	8	8	8	-	-	5

	Wednesday 10							Thursday 11								Friday 12
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Te Araroa East Cape	Tauranga Bay Northland	Kaituna Cut Bay of Plenty	Ranganunu Harbour Northland	Tom Bowling Bay Northland	Langs beach Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Colac Bay Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NNE	3.0 NE	2.1 NNE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.1 WSW	1.9 W	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	13	9	15	13	15	14	13	14	13	9	13	14	12
Energy(?)	1277	2815	1296	1608	1705	1576	2022	3296	3442	3204	1077	1094	1322	1334	2189	1173	1045	1298	1372	1398	1493	585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)										5:04AM 1.84								5:49AM 1.82				2:57PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		6:44AM 0.43				6:48PM 0.24	7:22PM 0.53	10:51PM 0.53					1:38PM 0.64			11:37PM 0.55				10:23AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Temp. °C	16	17	20	23	21	20	20	12	11	11	19	20	14	19	11	10	11	9	17	19	21	21
Chill °C (?)	16	16	20	23	21	20	20	11	9	10	19	20	13	18	9	8	10	8	17	18	21	21
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NNE	3.0 NE	2.1 NNE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.4 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.8 W	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 E
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	13	9	12	12	15	14	13	14	13	9	8	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.3 N	0.3 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 E	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	1.4 N	1.1 WSW	0.2 E	1.1 SW	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 N	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.3 S
Period (s)	12	13	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	10	15	7	12	15	15	16	16	13	13	16	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.9 W	1.5 SSW	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	1.4 SSE	-	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	13	6	-	-	6	-	-	5	-	5

	Wednesday 10
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Te Araroa East Cape	Tauranga Bay Northland	Kaituna Cut Bay of Plenty	Ranganunu Harbour Northland	Tom Bowling Bay Northland	Langs beach Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Colac Bay Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 E	2.4 NE	1.1 NNE	2.1 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 NNE	1.5 WSW	2.4 W	1.2 SW	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	8
Energy(?)	514	1676	409	1366	2092	2159	2808	1749	1744	1828	1752	815	1684	561	1705	933	839	926	703	1089	661	74
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)											11:48AM 2.27			2:31PM 3.33		4:20PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)						6:07AM 0.12				10:16AM 0.53											9:09PM 0.86	8:08PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	16	17	18	18	15	15	15	21	20	14	22	15	16	18	15	19	17	17	23
Chill °C (?)	17	15	16	15	16	18	17	15	15	15	21	20	12	22	15	16	18	14	18	16	17	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NNE	2.4 NE	1.1 NNE	2.1 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 NNE	1.5 WSW	0.2 SSE	1.2 SW	2.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	10	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 E	0.3 N	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.9 E	0.4 WNW	0.1 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.5 N	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	12	8	14	16	13	13	8	13	8	8	8	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	5	-	-	-	-	4	6	4	4

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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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