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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	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			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	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	Lyall Bay Wellington	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	5.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 ESE	0.8 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 NNE	0.8 SE	0.8 SSE	0.9 E	1.2 ESE	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	10	10	9	11	20	18	16	13	9	8	14	11	8	9	12
Energy(?)	1125	3518	1792	1320	1627	2229	1050	5739	4908	2602	1309	758	2290	1845	327	135	107	390	712	638	950	2199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:20AM 1.75		2:03AM 1.78	9:27AM 2.65		11:25PM 1.88	11:42AM 1.96		11:29PM 3.15	11:43AM 3.27		7:02PM 1.37	12:18PM 2.87		1:15AM 2.07	11:58AM 3.30		12:19AM 3.18	12:31PM 3.63		12:48AM 3.29	8:48AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		4:33PM 0.69	7:38PM 0.39		4:40PM 1.07		5:36AM 0.53	5:18PM 0.91		5:37AM 0.86	5:49PM 0.43	1:14AM 0.24	6:09AM 0.20	6:15PM 0.08	7:05PM 0.30	5:48AM 0.08	6:12PM 0.03		6:25AM 0.28	6:44PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	14	20	20	17	17	15	15	15	12	12	13	15	18	23	22	17	15	17	14	16
Low °C	14	14	10	16	19	14	15	14	15	15	11	10	12	15	15	20	22	12	15	16	12	11
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	20	20	16	16	12	13	15	10	10	12	14	18	23	22	16	15	16	12	15
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	8:55	-	-	8:36	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 ESE	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 ESE	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 NNE	0.9 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.9 E	1.2 ESE	0.3 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	10	13	13	12	11	9	9	11	11	18	16	13	10	8	14	11	14	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.5 WSW	0.2 N	1.2 SSE	0.2 W	-	1.2 ESE	1.1 SE	0.5 SE	0.8 WSW	1.6 SE	1.0 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 S	1.0 ENE	0.3 W	0.8 W	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	6	13	14	12	9	21	-	10	12	12	20	9	10	8	9	11	14	11	16	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	1.8 WSW	5.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	0.6 ESE	-	1.4 SE	0.6 W	0.4 NW	-	0.6 SE	0.9 SSE	2.0 W	-	0.7 NW
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	9	9	10	10	9	-	4	-	8	3	3	-	7	7	8	-	6

	Saturday 14					Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Marokopa Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Three Points East Cape	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	3.0 S	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	8	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	10
Energy(?)	3027	3168	1547	1118	1517	3952	3227	1174	1157	1392	1603	3453	1417	1132	1276	1566	1447	1238	1020	1411	1431	5226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:20AM 1.75	1:38PM 1.66			10:42PM 1.78				10:29AM 2.98		5:26PM 1.31		10:31PM 2.70				10:16AM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)								4:21AM 1.16												4:16PM 0.55		10:55PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	20	14	13	12	10	15	20	21	16	16	14	15	14	15	17	17	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	12	20	13	12	11	8	14	20	21	15	15	13	14	13	14	17	17	17	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	0.6 WSW	1.9 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	3.0 S	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	13	14	14	13	9	9	13	13	11	12	12	11	12	12	9	12	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.9 ENE	0.6 W	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	2.1 E	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.4 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	9	16	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	20	11	11	12	20	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	9	-	-	8	7	10

	Saturday 14	Sunday 15
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Marokopa Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Three Points East Cape	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 ENE	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	12	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	15	15	14	9	9	9	9	15	15	7
Energy(?)	3279	3147	1125	203	1808	3168	3126	1710	1642	1602	2359	311	2449	1732	4590	1623	1790	1761	1325	1850	1989	849
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)									3:58PM 1.23												3:17AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	14	19	15	13	15	16	17	17	18	19	16	15	13	15	15	15	15	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	10	13	14	19	14	13	15	15	16	16	17	18	15	14	11	14	14	13	14	14	14	11
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	0.3 NNW	1.6 ENE	2.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.3 NNE	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.2 E
Period (s)	16	15	15	12	16	15	15	15	15	15	13	8	15	15	13	9	9	9	9	15	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	1.1 SW	0.2 W	0.2 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	-	0.2 E	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNE	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.1 E
Period (s)	8	8	11	18	13	7	7	13	13	13	-	12	13	13	6	16	15	15	15	8	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	-	1.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	1.9 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	4	-	7	14	6	6	6	-	7	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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