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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	9	5	6	5	5	4	5	5	6	7	9	8	8	9	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	13	14	18	16	17	14	14	14	14	11	11	12	12	13	16	17	17	17	16	14	14	14
Energy	1190	1580	1760	11164	3899	5277	3162	3214	2150	3345	3633	5724	6794	9945	7262	7201	8192	4691	1146	1140	1034	1070
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:28AM 2.91		8:47PM 2.71			11:30PM 2.17	10:19AM 3.17		10:34PM 3.84		12:56PM 2.15	1:54AM 2.24		5:32PM 2.01	6:46PM 1.89	8:17AM 1.44		9:22PM 1.91	10:06AM 1.96		9:47PM 1.78	6:18AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)		2:34PM 0.07		8:07AM 0.01	4:44PM 0.11		4:13AM 0.09	4:33PM 0.01		6:37AM 0.21		7:48PM 0.19	8:17AM -0.02		12:53AM 0.13		2:26PM -0.02		4:02AM 0.57	4:01PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	10	13	11	12	13	14	11	12	7	9	10	9	12	13	10	13	16	11	12
Low °C	13	14	13	9	12	9	11	11	13	10	9	4	8	9	8	9	10	8	9	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	7	12	10	11	12	13	10	11	4	6	7	8	11	12	8	12	16	9	11
Sunrise	7:58	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:32	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:24	-	-	8:32
Sunset	-	5:15	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	0.2 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	16	17	14	14	14	14	21	11	12	12	13	16	17	17	17	16	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	0.6 NW	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	1.2 SW	0.1 N	0.4 WSW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	18	19	18	-	-	9	6	6	8	11	20	13	15	-	-	-	-	18	11	10	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	11	-	12	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Sunday 14							Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Scott Point Northland	Point Elizabeth West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Rocky Lefts Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	4	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	2.4 SSW	4.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W
Period(s)	15	15	13	13	14	14	18	18	17	17	16	16	17	15	14	14	16	15	14	15	14	13
Energy	1372	1461	1190	1168	1580	1435	1707	1760	1517	3497	11164	1225	3899	6665	5472	5277	4327	3953	3162	3030	3214	1087
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:28AM 2.91			8:47PM 2.71									11:30PM 2.17				10:10AM 3.07
Low Tide / height (m)	2:11AM 0.23				2:34PM 0.07						8:07AM 0.01			5:18PM 0.28				4:13AM 0.09				5:36PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	10	10	16	13	12	11	10	11	12	11	14	13	10
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	13	12	7	7	16	12	12	10	9	9	11	9	14	12	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	4.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W
Period (s)	15	15	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	17	16	16	17	15	14	14	16	15	14	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	22	21	18	18	19	19	18	18	17	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	-	-	6	-	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	-

	Sunday 14
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	9	4	5	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	4.0 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	18	18	18
Energy	1184	1246	1372	1372	1399	1461	1442	1284	1190	1189	1177	1168	1162	1130	1580	1080	7297	1435	1483	1633	1707	1776
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										9:28AM 2.91											8:47PM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)			2:11AM 0.23												2:34PM 0.07	3:40PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	15	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	6	6	22	22	21	21	21	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	19	17	12	19	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.9 WNW	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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