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

	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	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	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Loisell's East Cape	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	The Box Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	5	5	9	8	4	7	9	9	8	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 N	1.1 SW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 N	1.7 WNW	1.8 N	0.9 NW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s)	11	13	9	10	9	8	10	9	10	11	11	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	16
Energy	1267	532	777	746	748	1209	727	843	220	4790	3035	9647	7021	4783	6897	10455	9370	7085	5649	3543	4402	4267
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:54PM 1.96	1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	10:46PM 2.17			12:09AM 1.86	4:15AM 1.72	2:20PM 2.48		4:22AM 1.73	4:20PM 2.25		6:06AM 1.76			3:31AM 2.06	5:05PM 2.33	9:02PM 2.22	9:29AM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)			7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12			8:24AM 1.13	4:09PM 0.41		10:38AM 0.51		10:11PM 0.64	10:45AM 0.60		11:08PM 0.63		12:23PM 0.48	10:09PM 1.04	10:00AM 0.44			3:25AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	14	7	5	13	9	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	14	14	15	17	12	16	16	8	12	11	13	13	11	8	11	15	14	13	14	12
Low °C	11	13	13	14	14	15	12	16	15	6	12	9	12	13	10	6	9	13	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	9	13	13	13	14	16	12	15	16	5	11	10	11	12	9	6	11	14	13	12	13	11
Sunrise	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	8:26	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:26	-	-	7:31	-	-	8:27
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 N	1.2 E	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNE	1.7 WNW	1.4 NNE	0.9 NW	1.7 SSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	9	10	9	8	10	9	10	11	11	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 E	1.0 N	0.2 E	0.6 N	0.9 SW	0.9 NW	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	11	13	10	9	9	11	8	11	7	19	10	12	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	19	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.4 N	-	1.8 N	0.3 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	8	-	9	2	11	-	-	-	-	-	16	15	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04							Friday 05								Saturday 06
	3:45AM	6:45AM	9:45AM	12:45PM	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	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Loisell's East Cape	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.1 N	1.1 SW	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.4 N	2.5 N	2.2 N	1.7 WNW	2.4 WSW	1.8 N	2.5 W
Period(s)	12	11	11	11	13	10	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	9	9	10
Energy	1970	1614	1267	1020	532	711	559	777	563	745	746	738	748	718	722	1209	1362	1089	727	1221	843	1558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			8:52AM 0.99						1:21AM 2.99				1:50PM 2.89			10:46PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)	2:59AM 0.30						6:44PM 0.55				7:37AM 1.12				7:57PM 1.13			5:15AM 0.41	8:24AM 1.13	9:51AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	3	2	1	-	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	11	11	11	11	13	14	15	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	13	17	15	14	12	11	16	16
Chill °C (?)	8	8	9	9	13	13	15	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	16	14	13	12	10	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.1 N	1.2 E	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NNE	2.0 N	1.8 N	1.7 WNW	1.1 SW	1.4 NNE	2.5 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	8	10	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.2 E	1.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 N	0.2 WSW	1.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	1.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.0 N	0.4 SW	0.2 E	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	13	10	7	10	8	10	9	9	9	12	12	11	10	9	8	17	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	1.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 N	2.5 N	2.2 N	-	2.4 WSW	1.8 N	-
Period (s)	-	3	5	5	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	9	9	-

	Thursday 04
	1AM	2AM	3:45AM	4:45AM	5:45AM	6:45AM	7AM	8:45AM	9:45AM	10:45AM	11:45AM	12:45PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Te Araroa East Cape	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	1.6 NNE	2.4 N	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	2.1 N	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 NW	1.4 NW	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period(s)	10	10	12	12	12	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	8	10	9	9	9	9
Energy	1016	1023	1970	1937	1774	1614	639	1429	1267	1161	1039	1020	521	849	532	745	503	711	591	539	559	547
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:52AM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)			2:59AM 0.30																6:02PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	1	1	1
High °C	13	13	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	18	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	8	8	8	8	11	9	9	8	8	9	11	12	13	12	13	13	18	15	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	1.6 NNE	2.4 N	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	2.1 N	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	0.2 WSW	1.4 NW	1.7 W	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	12	12	12	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	8	7	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.3 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	12	12	12	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	14	10	11	7	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	1.8 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	1.9 NW	1.6 N	-	-	-	1.2 N
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	3	3	-	3	5	5	5	5	-	7	-	7	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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