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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	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			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	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kaka Point Catlins	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.1 W	1.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	0.5 SSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	9	14	14	14	13	19	10	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	16	10	12	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	2507	1005	1105	2093	2238	1671	477	977	1850	2712	1775	1908	1800	1649	1425	288	1110	1087	796	914	656	469
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:33PM 3.54	2:00AM 3.37				4:11AM 2.94	3:28PM 2.70			4:33PM 2.94		5:20AM 2.47	6:05PM 2.89		6:38AM 2.07	6:09PM 1.90	11:23PM 2.31			11:12PM 2.00	11:26AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)			7:56PM 0.53	8:18AM 0.71	1:57PM 0.32	9:59PM 0.95	10:26AM 1.04		9:53PM 0.93	10:21AM 1.13		10:51PM 1.14	11:49AM 0.80		12:14AM 0.63	12:54PM 0.80			6:53AM 0.29	3:08PM 0.51		5:19AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	19	16	15	21	20	18	16	14	17	18	18	19	21	21	20	13	15	15	13	20	12	17
Low °C	17	16	12	19	19	17	14	13	15	12	18	17	20	21	18	11	15	13	11	19	10	15
Chill °C (?)	19	15	13	21	20	18	15	13	17	18	18	19	21	21	20	12	14	15	13	20	10	17
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	8:30	-	-	8:13	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	0.6 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	13	11	10	13	15	16	16	15	14	14	6	10	12	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NNE	-	0.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	0.2 E	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	-	8	8	-	-	11	18	16	-	8	7	12	-	21	16	13	16	6	16	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-

	Sunday 22					Monday 23								Tuesday 24								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	18	10	13	16
Energy(?)	2507	2524	2424	2185	5876	1406	1119	1518	1286	2477	2238	2108	1052	1645	1357	1255	1044	594	662	515	1778	3216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:33PM 3.54		7:06PM 1.85		3:17AM 3.09				2:19PM 3.34				2:54AM 2.37					4:22PM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)	7:31AM 0.51								8:33AM 0.69				8:53PM 0.37				8:24AM 0.42		3:01PM 0.36			12:36AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	19	18	11	12	11	12	16	21	20	19	14	17	16	17	17	15	16	18	12	10
Chill °C (?)	17	19	19	18	9	12	10	11	16	21	20	19	14	16	16	17	16	14	16	18	12	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 W	1.0 SW	1.3 W	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	6	10	13	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 W	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	-	-	8	-	-	12	12	18	18	20	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 22																Monday 23
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	13	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	12	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	2899	2507	2507	2451	6967	1153	1097	1371	1085	2293	2326	2185	1980	2122	1917	1972	1746	1016	1876	1383	1517	1401
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	off	off	off	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)																						4:45AM 2.00
Low Tide / height (m)	7:31AM 0.51																	12:18AM 0.50	1:31AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	18	14	16	17	18	18	19	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	10	9	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	18	12	15	16	17	17	19	18	18	17	16	18	18	18	8	7	9	8	8
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.5 E	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	12	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	16	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	13	9	8	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	4.5 SW	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.2 W	1.2 W	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	9	9	7	7	-	-	-	6	-	-	4	4	12	-	-	-	-

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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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