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

	Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	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	Weld Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Back Beach Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	6	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 W	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	5.0 SW	3.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 S	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	16	15	14	13	11	12	22	12	13	14	17	16	15	13	14	15	13	15	15	14	13	12
Energy	2222	1185	2598	1438	1194	829	1027	315	8918	3713	511	3021	2365	2200	2557	2550	1333	1697	1632	1402	1249	146
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:05PM 2.64		3:13PM 1.51	7:54PM 3.04	7:56AM 2.73		8:15PM 2.42	8:27AM 2.46		8:52PM 2.49	11:43AM 2.01		2:39AM 1.81			10:04PM 3.48	10:13AM 2.45		10:35PM 2.53	4:16AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		12:53PM 0.80	1:09AM 0.59	8:58AM 0.22		2:04AM 0.66		2:20PM 0.34	2:25AM 0.34		2:44PM 0.21		5:33AM 0.26	5:58PM 0.31	8:27PM 0.30	7:37AM 0.55	3:54PM 0.20		4:16AM 0.30	4:29PM 0.24		10:25AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	17	15	17	18	19	10	9	18	14	16	14	15	14	17	16	16	17	14	16
Low °C	14	16	16	15	14	16	16	11	8	8	16	12	15	13	12	12	16	14	14	16	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	17	14	17	18	19	7	7	18	13	15	14	14	13	16	15	15	17	13	15
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:50
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 S	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	16	15	14	13	21	12	12	12	-	14	17	16	15	13	14	15	13	15	15	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 S	-	0.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.3 NE	0.5 S	0.1 NE	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	-	-	-	24	22	17	-	10	12	8	8	15	-	-	16	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	0.5 W	5.0 SW	-	-	-	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	3	13	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 27					Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thu
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	20	19	19	18	22	21	20	20	20	13
Energy	1120	1345	3081	1513	1054	1008	1299	1093	1438	1360	1201	1007	1013	1116	1552	1343	1027	1097	1073	1376	1366	6717
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	6:35AM 3.00								7:05AM 2.36					10:13PM 1.97	12:41AM 1.86		7:49AM 2.42				8:15PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)			12:50PM 0.56		8:28PM 0.23		12:57AM 0.55				1:24PM 0.36					5:37AM 0.50			2:06PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	15	17	17	17	12	12	12	13	16	19	19	18	17	9
Chill °C (?)	12	15	15	14	14	13	12	13	15	17	17	17	11	11	11	11	16	19	19	18	17	6
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 W	1.4 SW	1.5 W	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	7	10	8	12	12	12	20	20	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.1 E	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	16	8	7	9	11	13	-	-	-	26	18	18	20	19	19	18	22	21	20	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	13

	Monday 27																	Tuesday 28
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 W	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	7	12	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	9
Energy	1015	1096	2222	1655	1676	1345	1344	2198	2461	2661	2783	2860	471	949	1182	846	2635	2630	2562	2390	2253	136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	6:35AM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)							12:37PM 0.52												12:53AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	14	15	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	13	14	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	13	14	15	13	16	15	16	16	16	13
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.6 WSW	1.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 S	1.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	16	16	16	16	8	15	16	16	16	16	10	12	9	12	14	14	14	14	14	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	17	16	8	11	11	8	16	7	7	7	7	7	13	18	18	17	-	-	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	1.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	13	7	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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