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

	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Scott Point Northland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	9	4	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 SW	5.0 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	15	17	15	17	16	14	16	17	18	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	13
Energy	3114	3732	3162	1053	1093	1201	3021	1168	1804	12640	1278	6140	4065	3184	2289	3223	3454	3398	4500	5908	3940	3360
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:52PM 2.39	7:36AM 3.21		9:01PM 2.85			8:47PM 2.71			10:53PM 2.98	10:19AM 3.17		10:34PM 3.84	4:02AM 1.93	4:36PM 2.07	1:54AM 2.24	4:41AM 2.03	5:32PM 2.01		5:37AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		4:51PM 0.55			2:00PM 0.48		6:12AM 0.34	3:40PM 0.15		8:07AM 0.01	2:49PM -0.00		4:13AM 0.09	4:33PM 0.01		10:18AM -0.03		7:48PM 0.19	10:59AM -0.00		11:35PM 0.14	11:58AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	12	10	10	12	13	14	15	13	15	10	16	12	12	12	14	9	10	9	10	9	7	10
Low °C	12	10	9	12	12	13	12	13	14	10	16	9	11	11	13	7	8	7	9	9	6	7
Chill °C (?)	11	8	8	12	13	14	13	13	15	7	16	10	10	10	13	6	7	6	7	7	4	8
Sunrise	8:17	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:23	-	-	7:41	-	-	8:19	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:26
Sunset	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	5.0 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	17	15	17	16	14	16	13	13	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	11	-	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.1 W	1.1 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.4 SW	-	0.1 SW	1.9 W	1.7 W	0.5 S	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 WSW	-	1.5 SSW	-	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	17	-	5	24	7	9	17	18	-	24	9	8	6	-	13	12	12	-	15	-	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	12	12	12	-	4

	Friday 12							Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	1.6 SW
Period(s)	16	16	15	15	17	17	16	15	16	16	17	15	16	16	14	14	14	15	16	13	17	14
Energy	1312	3246	3114	1216	3732	3281	3133	3162	1021	1132	1053	1304	1093	1079	1198	1201	1362	1461	3021	1175	1168	1593
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:17AM 1.91					10:52PM 2.39			7:36AM 3.21					9:01PM 2.85				9:28AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)	12:18AM 0.53								2:26AM 0.78				2:00PM 0.48						6:12AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	12	11	12	12	10	13	10	9	11	11	12	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	12	8	13	8	7	10	10	12	12	12	12	14	14	12	13	10	13	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	17	17	16	15	16	16	17	15	16	16	14	14	14	15	16	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	-	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.3 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.9 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.5 SW	1.1 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	20	-	-	-	17	9	-	-	9	9	5	8	24	24	7	7	7	21	9	18	17	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 12
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16
Energy	1000	1022	1312	1265	3015	3246	3352	3199	3114	3490	3817	1216	1169	3681	3732	3839	3688	3281	3173	3173	3133	3093
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:17AM 1.91		10:26AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)																	4:51PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	7	7	11	11	9	10	10	10	11	8	8	12	12	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 W	0.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	20	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	18	17	17	17	9	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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