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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	Mon	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Ranganunu Harbour Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Maori Bay Auckland	Scott Point Northland	Three Points East Cape	Maori Bay Auckland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.8 W	1.1 W	0.5 E	2.4 NE	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 ENE	2.5 WSW	0.9 W	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 S	1.7 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.1 WNW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	11	12	13	12	12	13	13	10	13	14	9	8	13	12	10	11	10	9	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1277	771	640	201	1747	1714	921	352	930	2140	533	1054	970	1912	1624	399	685	385	340	572	384	3675
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:41AM 3.24		3:00PM 3.26	3:17AM 2.62		3:40PM 2.70			6:17PM 1.89			2:57PM 2.40	2:41AM 1.60		4:10PM 2.01		7:54AM 1.69		8:22PM 1.74	8:14AM 2.78		7:30PM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)		8:48AM 0.86		9:06PM 0.26	9:25AM 0.41		1:12AM 0.46	9:05AM 0.45		11:37PM 0.55	8:28AM 0.65		8:29PM 0.33	9:29AM 0.39		10:01PM 0.80		2:07PM 0.76	2:35AM 0.74		1:23PM 0.87	1:48AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
High °C	15	19	16	18	24	15	16	14	23	15	16	19	17	19	20	13	20	21	16	22	17	16
Low °C	14	14	16	15	21	15	15	14	22	11	16	18	13	17	19	11	20	21	14	21	17	16
Chill °C (?)	15	19	16	18	24	14	16	14	23	14	15	18	16	19	20	12	20	21	16	22	16	15
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:55	-	-	9:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	1.8 W	1.1 W	0.8 NNE	2.4 NE	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 ENE	0.1 NW	0.9 W	1.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 S	1.7 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.1 WNW	2.5 S
Period (s)	10	11	12	8	12	12	13	13	10	16	14	14	8	13	12	10	11	10	9	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	-	1.1 NW	0.5 E	0.5 N	0.6 N	1.1 SW	-	0.7 N	-	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 N	0.4 ENE	-	0.5 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 W	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	-	10	13	13	13	7	-	16	-	16	16	13	-	14	8	-	8	8	8	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.2 NE	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.8 N	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	13	8	9	-	-	-	-	3	5	3	3	4	11

	Mon	Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Henderson Bay Northland	Ranganunu Harbour Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	1.4 SW	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.2 NE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	14	12	12
Energy(?)	1358	1192	1201	1071	1086	924	1332	684	2201	1039	2152	2503	1518	1789	4256	2733	3188	3086	3277	1243	1046	1324
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:41AM 3.24												1:37PM 2.25					4:29AM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)	8:23PM 0.70				8:32AM 0.28							6:44AM 0.43						10:51PM 0.53			9:25AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	11	15	16	16	20	22	16	14	16	16	19	21	23	24	13	12	11	11	18	20
Chill °C (?)	13	12	10	15	16	16	20	22	15	14	15	15	19	21	23	24	12	11	10	11	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 WSW	2.2 W	1.4 SW	2.5 W	1.6 W	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.2 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WNW	-	0.8 W	-	0.8 NW	0.4 ENE	0.2 N	0.6 E	0.5 N	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	10	-	9	-	9	13	13	12	16	16	12	13	13	13	13	6	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Monday 08	Tuesday 09
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Henderson Bay Northland	Ranganunu Harbour Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.4 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 NW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.2 ENE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	10	14	14	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1427	1350	1358	1293	1366	1277	855	839	855	1088	173	179	27	133	132	182	1022	1022	1026	692	869	944
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																				3:00PM 3.26
Low Tide / height (m)		8:23PM 0.70									5:52AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	14	14	14	12	17	11	12	17	17	18	18	19	21	14	15	15	17	21	21
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	14	14	14	11	17	10	12	17	17	18	18	19	21	13	14	14	17	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WNW	2.0 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 NW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 NE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 W	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	10	14	14	4	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	1.1 WSW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	12	9	9	11	9	9	7	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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