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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	Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Fri
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Matata Bay of Plenty	Waiapu River East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 NE	2.2 NNE	2.4 NE	2.5 ENE	1.7 E	1.8 NW	3.0 NNW	0.6 ENE	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	15	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	10	12	11	11	10	8	8	12	10
Energy(?)	1455	436	1062	1493	562	1918	1505	287	2341	1046	1042	981	813	299	1312	1341	1455	748	447	1443	244	1055
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:56AM 2.84		11:09PM 2.70	11:09AM 2.33		11:45PM 2.66	12:02PM 2.45	2:33PM 1.88	1:38AM 3.01		1:48PM 2.57	12:42AM 2.12		1:26PM 2.62	1:45AM 2.42	4:31AM 1.73	2:11PM 2.55	2:44AM 2.46		2:42PM 2.08	3:18AM 1.95	9:23AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)		5:08PM 0.42		5:03AM 0.50	5:22PM 0.59		5:53AM 0.33		7:24PM 1.07	9:18AM 0.58			6:54AM 0.67		7:46PM 0.64	10:39AM 0.65		8:44PM 0.76	8:30AM 0.77		9:08PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	15	-	5
High °C	20	14	15	20	16	19	20	13	9	19	17	18	20	17	17	18	19	17	17	17	13	12
Low °C	20	13	13	20	15	18	20	11	7	19	17	17	20	16	13	17	18	16	16	15	10	8
Chill °C (?)	20	13	14	20	15	19	20	12	6	19	16	18	20	17	17	18	19	16	17	16	12	9
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:46	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	-	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NE	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 SE	2.2 NNE	2.4 NE	2.5 ENE	1.7 E	1.8 NW	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	-	15	14	13	9	13	12	12	12	6	12	11	11	10	8	11	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 NNW	0.6 NE	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	-	0.7 NE	-	0.8 NE	-	0.9 NE	0.3 N	0.5 SE	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.2 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	18	7	11	-	11	11	9	-	10	-	11	-	10	15	6	11	12	10	14	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SW	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	0.4 NE	3.0 SW	0.8 SSE	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NNW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	13	-	-	3	12	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	10

	Friday 21							Saturday 22								Sunday 23
	4AM	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	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bluecliffs Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	13	14	14	14	14	14	12
Energy(?)	1242	1102	1099	1537	1560	1090	1537	3108	1075	3302	1332	1483	1664	1091	1121	3110	1061	1087	1505	1378	1268	2831
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)				10:36AM 2.33								11:09AM 2.33								11:43AM 2.31		5:47PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		4:44AM 0.34				5:08PM 0.42								5:44PM 0.45				6:06AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	14	14	17	20	21	17	18	8	12	8	15	20	20	18	15	9	14	14	20	20	19	11
Chill °C (?)	14	14	17	20	21	17	18	6	11	6	15	20	20	18	15	7	14	14	20	20	19	11
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	13	14	14	14	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.3 S	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	7	7	7	10	10	-	-	-	6	-	6	9	11	-	-	13	-	5	11	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	12

	Friday 21
	2AM	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	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bluecliffs Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	15
Energy(?)	1356	1242	1242	1767	1764	1102	1604	538	942	2821	1083	1537	1562	1033	1048	506	1080	1266	1580	1602	1645	688
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											11:56AM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)				4:28AM 0.47													5:08PM 0.42					10:29PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	17	17	14	15	11	16	10	16	20	20	19	18	14	18	17	20	19	19	10
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	17	17	14	15	9	16	7	15	20	20	19	18	12	18	17	20	19	19	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	-	0.2 NNW	-	0.3 NW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.1 N	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	7	10	10	7	7	-	7	-	7	10	10	7	7	18	7	12	10	10	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	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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