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 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Paparahi Point Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 ENE	0.4 NNW	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 ENE	0.9 SW	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	14	9	9	13	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1258	115	758	1601	2576	1804	617	1295	1210	1487	967	1060	1514	1017	1873	1351	641	2655	966	961	670	722
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:29PM 1.66		4:59AM 1.35	5:21PM 1.27	10:25PM 2.95	10:47AM 3.05		8:15PM 1.98	12:03PM 3.16	6:51PM 1.27		7:12AM 1.40		2:30AM 1.94		1:48PM 1.92	10:34PM 1.57	10:19AM 1.70		1:02AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)	10:46AM 0.29		10:45PM 0.27	11:17AM 0.28			4:36AM 0.37	2:20PM 0.44	2:34AM 0.30	5:58AM 1.02		12:57AM 0.29		1:21PM 0.30	8:18PM 0.37	7:44AM 0.58			4:04AM 0.28	3:55PM 0.47		7:14AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	6	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	19	19	21	15	19	19	16	16	21	16	16	19	19	18	17	17	10	18	17	17	20
Low °C	21	19	17	18	15	16	18	15	15	19	16	14	19	18	17	17	17	8	17	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	24	19	19	21	15	19	19	16	16	21	16	16	19	19	18	17	17	7	18	16	16	20
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	13	10	8	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.4 NNW	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.6 N	0.9 E	0.9 SW	0.5 N	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.6 NE	-	0.6 NE	-	0.3 W	0.2 ENE	-	-	1.4 S	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	14	9	9	9	10	13	8	-	-	7	6	11	-	11	-	8	9	-	-	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 ENE	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	-	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	12	7	9	-	4

	Tuesday 18							Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Paparahi Point Northland	Forestry Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Loisell's East Cape	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.5 ENE	3.5 NE	2.3 NNW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	2.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	11	11	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	14	14	13	10	11	10	14	14
Energy(?)	1437	1649	1258	1006	1179	1487	1219	3064	3100	1034	1601	1674	1773	1013	3275	3802	3127	1584	1396	3212	2321	2449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)							9:49PM 2.90							5:06PM 1.34		11:47PM 1.94			7:38AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)				10:29AM 0.28					1:13AM 0.35	4:47AM 1.03		11:17AM 0.28										4:34PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	17	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	21	24	26	17	17	19	18	16	18	21	19	21	12	14	13	16	20	26	19	18
Chill °C (?)	12	12	21	24	26	17	17	19	18	16	18	21	19	21	11	14	12	16	20	26	19	18
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.5 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	2.3 NNW	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	11	11	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	14	14	13	10	11	10	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.5 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	9	7	8	8	8	16	16	14	14	11	9	9	12	-	-	9	9	13	18	18	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	-	-	3.5 ENE	3.5 NE	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NE	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	-	-	9	9	-	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-

	Tuesday 18
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Paparahi Point Northland	Forestry Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Loisell's East Cape	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	1.0 E	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 N	1.6 N	0.4 NE	1.4 ENE	4.0 NNW	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 NE	2.0 W	3.5 N	3.5 N	2.2 NE	2.1 ENE	2.4 NE	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	9	8	8	7	7	15	10	11	9	9	9	9	6	11	11	8	8	8	10	10
Energy(?)	1441	1401	340	428	361	436	436	91	397	3768	1006	1006	1077	612	314	3444	3237	661	640	730	380	374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:12AM 1.69		4:15AM 1.33						10:20AM 3.03											9:26PM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)																	5:04PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	4	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	15	15	14	16	16	18	19	14	24	24	24	23	15	14	14	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	12	15	15	15	14	15	15	18	19	12	24	24	24	23	13	13	13	17	17	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:47	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 N	1.6 N	1.6 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.1 W	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	3.5 N	3.5 N	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 S	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	10	7	8	8	7	7	10	15	17	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	15	13	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.3 S	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 NE	0.2 N	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	9	7	9	9	8	12	12	15	14	-	8	8	8	13	-	11	11	13	16	14	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	4.0 NNW	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 NE	2.0 W	-	-	2.2 NE	2.1 ENE	2.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	8	10	7	7	7	-	-	-	10	11	9	9	9	9	6	-	-	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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