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 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			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	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Tahunanui bar Nelson - Tasman Bay	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	4	5	2	1	4	7	5	4	4	3	4	6	4	7	5	5	5	4	6	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	3.5 WNW	1.8 NNW	0.7 SSW	2.0 SW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.5 S	2.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 NE	3.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.2 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	7	13	8	11	14	12	12	12	10	16	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9
Energy(?)	968	2537	337	156	1211	3898	5461	2231	1783	724	1026	386	619	4704	5022	3614	3762	1688	2676	3783	609	120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:51PM 1.36	8:53PM 1.89	5:06AM 1.15	5:55PM 1.43		11:30AM 2.31			7:21AM 1.13	7:27PM 1.58		7:55AM 1.46		6:42PM 1.79			11:05PM 2.81	10:25AM 3.09		10:38PM 3.13	10:48AM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)				11:11AM 0.41		12:15AM 0.50	5:21AM 0.39	3:02PM 0.44	1:12AM 0.18			9:48PM 0.18		12:11PM 0.27	1:15AM 0.46	9:08AM 0.74	5:36PM 0.33		4:20AM 0.14	4:34PM 0.21		4:44AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	6	6	-	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	2	-	12	20	-	-
High °C	18	14	14	18	7	12	10	11	8	16	12	11	13	12	8	13	12	10	9	11	7	9
Low °C	17	14	13	18	7	11	10	10	6	12	11	9	10	10	7	10	12	7	8	10	5	7
Chill °C (?)	18	12	13	18	2	9	8	10	6	16	9	8	12	10	5	13	11	10	6	9	6	9
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	6:24	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.5 S	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	1.8 NE	1.3 SW	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.2 W	-	3.5 W	1.3 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	-	13	16	16	14	12	12	12	8	16	8	14	-	13	13	13	-	13	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.2 E	0.7 S	0.9 NNW	1.2 NW	0.9 NNW	-	0.4 NE	-	0.1 S	0.7 SSW	0.3 WSW	-	-	1.5 N	0.9 NNW	-	0.1 W	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	17	-	-	9	12	8	10	10	-	5	-	11	15	18	-	-	9	8	-	24	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	3.5 WNW	1.8 NNW	0.7 NNE	2.0 SW	3.5 W	1.3 SSE	-	-	1.0 NNE	2.4 SW	0.3 E	-	3.5 W	4.0 W	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	10	7	4	8	11	7	-	-	6	10	9	-	13	13	-	-	-	13	-	-	-

	Wednesday 17							Thursday 18								Friday 19
	3AM	5AM	9AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	8AM	12PM	1PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Porridge Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Nicks Point Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Kingston Norfolk Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Kaituna Cut Bay of Plenty	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	3	4	2	1	1	3	2	4	6	5	7	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.6 SSW	2.5 W	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 SSE	2.1 NNW	2.1 NNW	2.2 SSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	13	13	16	11	11	9	9	14	9	7	8	8	9	13	13	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1901	1060	2615	968	852	1003	2174	4381	599	1064	241	46	136	864	572	1097	5688	5044	6222	4559	3457	3150
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		3:38AM 1.10	8:36AM 1.84			4:51PM 1.36					5:06AM 1.15			3:48PM 1.67					7:59AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)	2:12AM 0.44			9:55AM 0.45					11:49PM 0.19				11:26AM 0.61								2:04PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	16	12	18	18	18	11	13	10	9	18	16	16	13	12	5	6	7	10	10	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	15	10	18	18	18	8	13	8	7	18	15	15	12	10	1	3	5	8	8	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.6 SSW	1.9 W	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	4.0 W	0.4 NE	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	1.0 SSE	1.8 NNW	2.1 NNW	0.7 SSW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	11	13	13	16	-	11	8	8	14	9	7	8	8	16	13	13	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.2 ENE	-	2.1 NNW	-	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.1 E	-	-	0.6 S	1.1 NW	-	1.5 WNW	1.2 NW	-	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	18	-	17	16	10	-	8	-	8	9	6	11	-	-	11	11	-	11	10	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	2.5 W	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	3.0 W	-	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	0.6 NNE	1.0 W	0.4 NE	2.1 NNW	-	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	-
Period (s)	-	3	11	4	-	4	11	-	9	9	4	4	7	8	-	9	-	-	-	7	7	-

	Wednesday 17
	1AM	1AM	3AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	7AM	8AM	10AM	12PM	11AM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Porridge Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Nicks Point Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Kingston Norfolk Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Kaituna Cut Bay of Plenty	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	3	4	2	1	1	3	2	4	6	5	7	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 W	2.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 NE	0.2 N	0.9 WNW	0.6 S	3.5 NW	4.0 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	14	13	13	11	14	7	7	13	9	8	12	4	9	10	11	14	9	9	14
Energy(?)	2201	1086	1901	1036	1075	1060	1796	1969	125	167	916	130	112	16	54	126	3990	3448	2584	1253	1253	3486
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)					3:38AM 1.10			7:02AM 2.27											6:35PM 2.62
Low Tide / height (m)			2:12AM 0.44								9:55AM 0.45		10:20AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	16	13	16	16	16	12	13	12	14	17	17	19	17	18	12	12	14	14	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	11	15	12	15	15	15	10	11	10	12	17	17	19	16	18	11	10	12	12	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.7 SSW	2.5 W	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 W	2.1 WSW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 NE	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	3.5 NW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	13	13	11	14	8	8	13	9	8	12	12	7	10	-	14	9	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 S	1.9 WSW	-	0.1 N	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	20	-	19	18	18	-	-	-	-	17	10	4	11	11	9	13	-	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	1.7 NW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 E	0.6 NNE	0.3 W	0.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.6 W	-	4.0 WNW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 W
Period (s)	-	3	-	3	3	3	-	6	7	7	4	5	3	3	4	6	-	11	7	6	6	14

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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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