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 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Matakana Island Bay of Plenty	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Te Araroa East Cape	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 W	1.3 NE	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 SSE	0.8 WSW	1.6 N	1.7 NNW	3.5 NW	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.4 S	0.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	9	14	13	13	12	10	11	9	8	7	8	10	10	12	10	11	15	13	10	11	14
Energy(?)	1673	325	2309	704	1864	1969	574	641	576	144	334	463	2936	4673	4501	1501	1304	165	2891	894	748	999
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:22PM 2.92	7:39AM 2.67		7:38PM 2.80		2:02PM 1.84	2:34AM 1.96	9:40AM 3.04		2:06AM 2.10			9:49PM 3.57	10:14AM 2.81		10:34PM 2.69	11:03AM 2.85		11:30PM 3.02	12:38PM 3.29
Low Tide / height (m)			1:42AM 0.87		2:08PM 0.90	2:08AM 0.53	9:39AM 0.50		8:13PM 0.11		2:50PM 0.49	7:46PM 0.06	8:19AM 0.09	3:43PM 0.36		4:01AM -0.04	4:35PM 0.04		4:51AM -0.07	6:34PM -0.05		6:29AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	1	-	26	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	20	10	19	17	21	19	20	17	21	16	19	18	16	22	20	13	15	18	19	22
Low °C	16	18	19	10	19	15	19	18	16	17	20	14	16	17	14	19	19	9	13	18	16	20
Chill °C (?)	17	18	20	8	19	17	21	19	20	17	21	15	19	17	16	22	20	11	14	18	19	22
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 W	0.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.4 NNE	1.7 NNW	3.5 NW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	2.5 SSE	2.4 S	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 W	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	12	10	11	9	8	8	8	10	9	9	10	11	15	14	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	-	-	0.8 ENE	1.1 W	0.7 WNW	0.5 NW	0.9 NW	0.3 E	0.7 NW	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.4 N	0.1 NE	-	0.2 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNW	0.5 SW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	8	8	8	8	10	7	9	12	20	10	-	9	8	3	6	16	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NE	2.1 WNW	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	0.6 SE	1.6 N	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	-	-	0.5 SW	3.0 WSW	0.7 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	8	6	-	-	-	8	-	3	7	8	10	10	12	-	-	11	13	4	-	-

	Sunday 30							Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Whatipu Auckland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Karekare Auckland
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 NE	2.2 NE	1.8 NE	2.4 WSW	2.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	13	14	10	9	9	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	3041	2184	1673	1494	888	2077	572	747	516	2750	1669	599	827	2156	2106	1969	1129	1315	1094	977	585	625
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:49AM 2.38				6:32PM 2.68		12:44AM 1.73				11:47AM 1.80		6:53PM 3.21					7:39AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)	3:32AM 0.59			12:45PM 0.66	1:10PM 1.03		8:40PM 0.54										1:28AM 0.31				1:54PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	8	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1
Temp. °C	12	14	17	15	14	19	20	17	15	12	19	10	10	20	17	16	14	15	23	16	20	21
Chill °C (?)	10	13	17	14	12	19	20	16	14	11	19	8	9	20	17	16	14	14	23	16	20	21
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	0.8 ENE	2.2 NE	1.8 NE	2.4 WSW	2.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	13	14	10	9	9	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 NW	0.7 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.1 N	0.3 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.2 NW	1.6 WNW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 WNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 NNW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	-	9	9	8	13	8	6	14	13	11	8	10	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.6 N	1.0 NW	1.6 NE	0.6 NW	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	10	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3

	Sunday 30
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Whatipu Auckland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Karekare Auckland
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.6 WSW	0.7 E	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	2.2 W	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	12	9	10	10	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14
Energy(?)	3555	1926	2122	1695	1943	804	90	400	359	1942	2355	1255	1255	1957	1983	1932	1343	1999	2054	2286	1196	1863
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						6:04AM 2.52												6:02PM 2.30
Low Tide / height (m)							7:59AM 0.60				11:46AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	12	14	13	13	12	15	17	17	18	17	20	13	13	19	19	20	18	20	20	15	18	20
Chill °C (?)	11	13	12	13	11	15	17	16	18	16	20	12	12	19	19	20	18	20	19	13	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.6 WSW	0.7 E	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	2.2 W	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 NW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	12	9	10	10	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.5 WNW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 N	1.1 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	-	-	1.7 WSW	0.9 WNW	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	9	9	7	14	14	10	15	10	10	8	8	8	8	-	-	13	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	0.7 NNW	1.1 NW	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.9 NW	1.3 WNW	1.5 WNW	2.2 NNW	-	1.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	8	-	-	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	-	6

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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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