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

	Tue	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Lone Pine Brighton Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	All Day Bay Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	5	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.7 SSW	3.5 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.4 W	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 SSW	0.2 ENE	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	2.0 NNW	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	7	14	12	11	11	12	11	14	8	8	11	13	8	10	13	13	13	12	9	10
Energy(?)	4782	2942	358	4542	214	1156	475	235	905	470	16	561	1589	2020	306	628	2414	2339	1666	1103	684	414
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:50AM 2.94		10:44PM 1.86	10:31AM 3.03		10:02PM 2.78	10:24AM 2.78			10:43AM 2.83		10:57PM 3.24	11:13AM 3.44	4:50PM 2.21	2:10AM 1.92	11:49AM 3.47	5:04PM 1.72		12:26PM 3.46	1:40PM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)	3:33AM 0.64		3:58PM 0.61		4:22AM 1.23	3:57PM 0.66		4:10AM 0.51	4:14PM 0.84	12:08AM 0.28	4:28AM 0.44	4:49PM 0.80		5:06AM 0.70		7:57PM 0.33	5:42AM 0.70		11:15PM 0.35	6:20AM 0.71		11:58PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	5	-	1	-	-	1	4	11	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	16	14	17	17	18	14	8	10	8	14	12	18	18	14	12	17	23	21	25	16	17
Low °C	9	15	12	16	16	14	14	7	9	6	10	11	16	18	11	11	15	21	20	23	16	15
Chill °C (?)	10	16	12	17	17	17	13	5	7	5	14	10	17	18	12	11	17	23	21	25	16	17
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:31	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.5 NE	3.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SE	1.4 W	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 ENE	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	0.2 ESE	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	2.0 NNW	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	16	15	8	14	12	10	11	12	14	14	6	8	11	13	12	10	13	13	13	12	9	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NW	0.4 N	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.1 N	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.3 SE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.3 NNE	0.6 NE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	8	7	10	-	10	7	9	10	9	9	8	13	14	13	9	11	10	9	9	15	6	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	-	1.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	11	-	-	11	7	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	9	-	10

	Tue	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	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	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Mangahume Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	6	7	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 W	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 W	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	14	14	15	14	14	14	10	14	14	14	14	11	11	13	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	6468	4837	6878	6545	3911	2635	2384	4591	4932	3044	3669	3835	3349	3005	1164	3266	2073	1525	1048	1229	526	580
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	low	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	9:23PM 2.31				9:50AM 2.94				9:00PM 3.00				9:25AM 3.18		2:56PM 2.23		9:41PM 3.09		2:53AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			3:33AM 0.64	4:13AM 0.71			3:14PM 0.75			10:38PM 0.29	3:08AM 0.57					6:00PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4	5	-	1	6
Temp. °C	12	10	11	9	14	16	16	16	17	12	12	16	18	18	18	14	16	12	10	17	14	7
Chill °C (?)	10	8	9	7	14	16	15	16	16	11	12	16	18	18	18	13	16	10	8	17	13	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.4 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	0.2 N	1.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	14	15	14	14	14	10	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	-	0.2 N	0.4 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.3 NE	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 SE	-	0.2 N	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	8	-	12	7	12	11	-	-	7	-	-	12	12	10	-	11	10	10	16	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.9 SW	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	11	-

	Tuesday 16				Wednesday 17
	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	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Mangahume Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	5	6	7	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	0.9 NE	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 W	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	8	16	16	16	16	15	14	16	14	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	6074	4556	6468	9240	4491	2215	2215	3485	2761	117	3592	3528	4112	4924	854	769	5845	2066	2010	6161	3072	1902
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:23PM 2.31	10:01PM 1.81						4:10AM 1.31				8:46AM 3.04					1:48PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)								2:48AM 0.67												2:57PM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	12	11	11	14	14	13	17	13	12	17	17	18	12	13	18	14	14	18	15	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	9	9	12	11	11	16	11	10	16	16	17	10	13	17	13	13	17	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 W	4.5 W	3.0 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	0.9 NE	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 W	2.3 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	8	16	16	16	16	15	14	16	14	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 N	1.5 WNW	1.3 NW	0.7 NNE	1.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 N	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	8	12	12	-	-	10	7	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	8	-	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	2.2 W	1.4 WSW	0.5 W	2.2 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	8	8	7	6	3	7	6	6	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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