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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	Sat	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	Porridge Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	2	4	4	8	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	3	3	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 SW	0.8 SW	3.5 W	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 S	2.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	10	11	13	13	18	17	13	16	16	15	14	14	13	11	13	12	8	7	13	8
Energy(?)	869	678	536	425	239	238	1088	2068	293	5756	5017	4918	5706	4250	2148	1317	1706	1248	436	884	366	519
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:12AM 2.28	6:35PM 2.48		6:57AM 2.08		7:11PM 2.10	7:47AM 2.15		10:54PM 1.80	11:08AM 1.84			11:48AM 1.88	1:12PM 2.21	11:26PM 1.90	11:35AM 2.02		12:57AM 1.95		1:06PM 1.96	1:31AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)	12:54AM 0.69			12:57AM 0.75		1:08PM 0.73	1:33AM 0.58		4:43PM 0.50		5:04AM 0.56	2:50PM 0.70	12:59AM 0.54	5:46AM 0.54			5:29AM 0.60	6:46PM 0.38		7:05AM 0.50		7:18PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	17	22	17	18	19	15	12	13	21	12	19	17	17	19	19	16	19	19	18	11	16	12
Low °C	15	19	16	17	13	13	9	13	20	11	18	16	16	18	18	14	18	18	15	11	14	10
Chill °C (?)	17	22	17	18	19	15	11	13	21	10	19	16	16	19	19	15	19	19	18	9	14	12
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.8 SW	0.8 SW	3.5 W	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	-	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 S	0.5 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	12	12	10	11	13	13	10	17	13	16	16	15	-	14	13	11	13	12	8	8	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.7 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 ENE	0.3 SW	0.9 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 ENE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	16	19	13	12	18	8	20	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	8	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 SE	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	1.9 WNW	-	-	0.8 NW	-	1.6 SW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	1.3 W	-	0.6 S	-	2.5 S	1.0 SSW	1.9 S
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	4	7	-	-	4	-	6	-	14	-	-	7	-	6	-	7	5	8

	Sat	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	5	4	5	7	8	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 S	2.0 W	1.9 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	11	9	13	12	11	11	18	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	580	506	618	606	678	603	551	551	1153	758	623	203	586	1308	1167	4000	3269	1088	3004	6134	7401	1214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				6:17AM 2.42				6:17PM 2.10	9:16PM 1.74				5:47AM 1.43				9:03PM 1.83	10:07PM 1.76				10:21AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		12:54AM 0.69				12:08PM 0.74					3:30AM 0.56									4:19AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	7	1	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	15	14	15	16	19	22	22	20	16	15	15	14	15	13	13	13	12	10	9	9	10	14
Chill °C (?)	15	14	15	16	19	22	22	20	16	14	14	13	14	12	12	13	12	8	7	7	8	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.9 S	0.4 NE	0.5 E	3.0 N	2.5 N	1.2 W	2.2 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	11	9	4	7	10	10	10	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	-	0.1 S	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	14	5	5	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	4	8	-	13	11	11	18	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.5 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.3 NNE	0.5 NE	-	-	2.0 W	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	2	3	-	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13				Sunday 14
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	5	5	4	5	7	8	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 E	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 N	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	7	11	11	11	14	10	10	10	10	12
Energy(?)	609	599	730	730	869	869	805	792	555	535	449	493	156	391	223	506	267	461	461	446	536	128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)												6:05AM 2.31	5:05AM 1.38	8:50AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)					11:44PM 0.61																3:06PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	17	17	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	14	18	12	13	14	16	17	18	18	17	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	17	17	16	16	16	16	8	8	8	14	18	12	13	13	15	17	18	18	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 E	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	7	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.1 SW	0.3 NW	0.4 E	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	6	6	18	4	10	18	6	14	14	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	3	2

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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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