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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	Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tue
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	1.5 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.5 NE	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	3.0 W	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 W	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 SW	0.7 WSW	1.4 SW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	11	10	8	5	8	12	16	14	13	15	14	12	12	12	13	11	12	10	10	11
Energy(?)	1560	1544	1674	865	1329	176	1731	687	1007	368	3788	2472	2110	1469	1231	1064	1684	243	639	961	707	497
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			3:32AM 2.95		4:02PM 3.05		4:49AM 2.40	5:13PM 2.46		5:49AM 2.03	6:14PM 2.19		6:08AM 1.92		7:29PM 2.63	12:53PM 1.76	4:50PM 1.61			4:25PM 1.47		4:03AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		1:04PM 0.61	9:19PM 0.93	9:38AM 1.02		10:23PM 1.04	11:03AM 0.77		11:39PM 0.68	11:54AM 0.67		11:43PM 0.52	11:40AM 0.50	1:01PM 1.05	1:46AM 0.61	6:34AM 0.32		11:38PM 0.34	9:41AM 0.27		10:29PM 0.25	10:16AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	15	-	14	-	-	-	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	19	17	16	18	16	17	23	14	10	15	14	16	18	14	12	18	19	14	21	18	16	23
Low °C	18	16	13	16	13	13	20	13	9	10	9	15	18	13	11	16	18	13	18	17	14	20
Chill °C (?)	19	16	16	18	14	16	23	13	9	14	12	16	18	13	10	18	19	14	21	18	16	23
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	8:05	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:57	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SE	2.5 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	3.0 W	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 W	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 SW	1.2 NNW	1.4 SW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	10	11	10	13	6	8	12	13	14	13	15	14	12	12	12	13	7	12	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	1.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	1.0 E	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 WSW	0.6 W	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	13	18	16	7	8	7	8	8	-	-	10	-	-	-	14	-	11	9	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.5 NE	-	-	-	1.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	5	8	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Tuesday 11							Wednesday 12								Thursday 13
	3AM	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	Kingston Norfolk Island	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Long Point Catlins	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Tora Point Wairarapa	Awatoto Rivermouth Hawkes Bay	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 WSW	2.4 ENE	2.3 NE	2.0 NNE	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	12	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	532	759	1560	2349	2281	2180	1487	1271	1049	1111	1013	1256	1016	1098	683	1482	1074	539	1936	973	673	888
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	12:24AM 1.27	6:48AM 2.32			2:55PM 3.21				3:25AM 2.40				3:48PM 2.22	4:02PM 3.05			1:31AM 1.64			1:00PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			8:35AM 0.84				9:31PM 0.60				9:33AM 0.55											6:39PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	7	11	-	2	1	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	22	8	18	19	19	17	14	13	12	13	18	17	17	17	15	11	17	16	18	22	24	14
Chill °C (?)	22	6	18	19	19	16	14	13	11	12	17	17	17	17	14	10	16	16	18	22	24	13
Sunrise	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 S	2.1 ENE	2.3 NE	2.0 NNE	2.3 ENE	1.4 E	2.1 ENE	1.7 E
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	16	16	9	6	8	8	8	8	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 W	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	1.7 NE	0.3 NNE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	1.1 S
Period (s)	8	16	15	-	-	-	-	18	17	16	16	16	14	13	12	12	8	11	8	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	2.4 ENE	-	0.5 W	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.5 W	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	10	6	6	8	-	3	8	8	3	7

	Tuesday 11
	1AM	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	Kingston Norfolk Island	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Long Point Catlins	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Tora Point Wairarapa	Awatoto Rivermouth Hawkes Bay	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.2 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.9 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	10	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	7	13	7	7	5	8
Energy(?)	473	612	618	679	760	882	1566	1398	1157	1412	1939	2196	1913	2356	3041	538	46	73	126	13	81	142
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:24AM 1.27													2:55PM 3.21	3:03PM 2.82							10:54PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)								8:38AM 0.47										6:58PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	10	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	20	19	16	12	20	20	12	14	13	12
Chill °C (?)	22	8	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	18	18	18	20	19	15	10	20	20	12	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	8:09	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.2 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	1.2 SW	0.4 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.9 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	13	17	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	4	7	7	7	5	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.4 W	0.7 W	0.9 W	1.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.2 E	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	11	10	10	10	16	16	16	-	14	-	-	-	-	8	7	13	8	4	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	-	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	-	0.6 NNE	-	0.4 SE	1.0 S	-
Period (s)	-	10	6	6	6	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	-	4	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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