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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	Sat	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karitane Point Otago	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aramoana Spit Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	6	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	6	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.5 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 ESE	5.5 SSW	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	1.9 SW	1.7 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 E	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 W	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	12	9	10	11	12	11	11	18	16	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	14
Energy(?)	1792	1157	1582	689	328	6129	3194	1685	1170	710	2191	1794	220	211	122	803	497	1720	3873	2788	1316	520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:07PM 2.88	11:04AM 1.85		10:50PM 3.02	11:07AM 3.14		11:31PM 2.57	6:44AM 1.45		11:04PM 2.98	12:03PM 3.15		12:40AM 3.31	7:53AM 1.63	5:19PM 1.73	12:01AM 3.59	5:45AM 1.77		8:21PM 1.53	8:29AM 1.51		8:54PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		4:56AM 0.64	5:15PM 0.58		5:01AM 1.00	5:18PM 0.91			5:01PM 0.25		5:53AM 0.19						12:01PM 0.21	2:24PM 0.66	2:32AM 0.62		2:47PM 0.15	3:10AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	4	9	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	17	15	12	15	14	12	21	11	14	15	18	23	23	17	16	15	12	15	16	16
Low °C	10	15	14	13	12	14	13	12	20	11	12	15	16	19	22	14	15	14	9	12	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	20	16	14	10	12	12	10	21	8	14	14	18	23	23	17	15	13	9	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:53	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:32	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	1.5 W	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 ESE	0.8 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 ESE	0.6 S	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.4 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 W	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	9	14	12	9	11	11	12	11	11	18	16	7	12	7	12	12	12	18	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	1.5 W	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 SE	1.0 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 NE	0.4 ESE	0.5 N	0.4 SSE	0.2 ENE	-	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	10	-	15	13	18	19	8	9	12	11	9	4	7	8	-	16	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSW	5.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	1.7 ESE	-	1.3 SE	-	0.5 W	0.4 NE	1.0 SSE	0.4 NNW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.9 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	4	10	9	-	-	11	-	8	-	3	6	6	3	8	12	5	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	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	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Karitane Point Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Karitane Point Otago	Houghton Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 E	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 S	2.1 ENE	2.5 SW	2.1 E	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	1.5 E	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	11	13	13	12	11	11	10	13	12	12	10	9	11	8	8
Energy(?)	1517	3658	3032	1260	1157	1392	1242	3132	2045	1372	1009	1000	505	1045	1639	2136	1356	5418	3841	1702	2013	1287
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	high	low	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		10:42PM 1.78				10:29AM 2.98		5:26PM 1.31	9:52PM 2.70						3:23PM 1.65					5:24AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)				4:21AM 1.16								5:36AM 0.53		11:44AM 0.37		4:06PM 0.66	9:28PM 0.21	10:55PM 0.69				11:41AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1
Temp. °C	15	13	12	10	15	20	19	17	14	13	13	14	13	20	14	19	12	14	15	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	14	12	10	8	14	20	19	16	13	12	12	13	12	20	12	19	10	14	15	12	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 E	2.2 WSW	0.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 S	2.1 ENE	2.5 SW	2.1 E	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 E	2.0 ESE	1.5 SE
Period (s)	14	14	13	9	9	13	13	11	13	22	12	11	11	10	13	12	12	10	9	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	1.5 W	1.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	2.4 S	1.6 SSE	-	0.2 W	0.3 SW	0.1 N	1.5 E	1.1 ESE	0.4 SW	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	14	13	12	12	11	10	-	21	20	12	10	8	20	7	10	10	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	0.4 S	0.6 NW	0.8 S	-	0.9 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	3	4	4	-	5	10	9	8	8	8

	Saturday 14	Sunday 15
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	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	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Karitane Point Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Karitane Point Otago	Houghton Bay Wellington	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.6 ENE	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.9 SW	0.7 E	4.5 S	5.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	15	9	14	13	13	9	8	15	10	9	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1538	4004	4268	1653	1653	1792	1792	675	1819	1255	1698	2634	1199	340	110	3130	144	3352	3810	1551	1815	2006
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				10:07PM 2.88																		4:14PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)									3:17AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	13	15	14	13	13	18	15	16	12	11	11	16	12	19	14	14	13	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	12	12	14	13	12	12	17	14	15	12	9	9	14	11	18	13	11	9	12	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 W	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.6 ENE	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 W	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.9 SW	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	8	8	9	14	13	9	9	8	15	10	9	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 E	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	1.5 W	-	0.5 S	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	15	12	12	13	-	13	-	8	-	-	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.6 S	4.5 S	5.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	8	4	9	4	9	9	8	8	8

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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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