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 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Pataua Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Maori Bay Auckland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Dinner Plates Catlins	Spirits Bay Northland
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 NNW	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.3 NW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	0.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	10	9	9	13	8	10	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	9
Energy(?)	254	344	694	738	2101	1759	339	574	1323	1154	1455	952	990	1272	1032	1259	281	1711	384	1461	1499	416
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:30AM 1.64	4:34AM 1.32	2:50PM 1.62		10:36AM 2.83	5:21PM 1.27		10:47AM 3.05		8:16PM 1.83	8:48AM 1.94			9:03AM 1.90		9:08PM 1.63		1:48PM 1.92	2:13AM 1.87			1:17AM 3.00
Low Tide / height (m)		10:46AM 0.29		11:05PM 0.26	4:26AM 0.42		12:11AM 0.27	4:36AM 0.37	4:57PM 0.43	2:30AM 0.27		6:13PM 1.01	12:57AM 0.29		1:36PM 0.27	3:23AM 0.26	8:38AM 0.53		7:59PM 0.58	7:47AM 1.10		7:13PM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	23	18	20	18	15	18	20	19	15	20	16	14	20	18	10	13	14	11	10	12	16
Low °C	14	22	18	17	18	15	17	18	18	14	20	16	13	19	18	8	13	13	7	10	11	15
Chill °C (?)	15	23	18	20	18	15	18	20	19	14	20	16	13	20	18	9	13	12	9	8	10	15
Sunrise	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:16	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.3 NNE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.6 W	1.3 NW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 NE	2.3 SSW	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	7	7	15	9	9	10	8	10	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	9	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.6 E	0.3 NNW	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.6 N	0.5 WSW	0.7 SW	1.4 NW	0.3 N	0.6 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.1 NE	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	9	13	9	9	9	10	13	7	7	10	7	7	-	-	9	9	9	9	13	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SW	1.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	10	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	8	12	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Campbells Bay Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Pataua Northland	Pataua Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	New Chums Coromandel	Tora Point Wairarapa	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 NW	2.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 NNW	2.2 NNW	3.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.3 NNW	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	10	8	11	9	8	11	11	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	14	14	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	1658	1349	1314	1228	1412	1030	1042	1412	1133	3468	3220	1035	2101	1452	1683	1480	3180	3487	3191	1569	1307	1415
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			2:34AM 1.66	4:34AM 1.32	10:00AM 2.76				9:49PM 2.90									11:47PM 1.94				10:38AM 3.26
Low Tide / height (m)	8:10PM 0.29	10:21PM 0.24				10:29AM 0.28					1:11AM 0.32	4:47AM 1.03								5:23AM 1.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	2	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	17	13	14	13	17	24	22	17	18	19	19	15	18	18	19	18	12	13	13	15	18	19
Chill °C (?)	16	12	13	12	17	24	22	17	18	19	19	15	18	18	19	18	12	12	12	15	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.4 NW	1.7 ENE	1.4 E	2.4 NNW	2.2 NNW	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	2.3 NNW	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 NW	1.8 NW
Period (s)	10	9	10	9	11	9	8	11	11	9	9	10	9	9	9	10	14	14	13	13	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 N	0.2 W	0.4 N	1.7 E	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	1.7 E	0.1 S	0.2 NNW	-	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.9 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	7	9	7	9	12	8	9	16	16	14	10	11	9	9	12	12	-	9	9	8	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	2.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	-	3.5 NE	3.0 NE	-	3.0 ENE	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	8	10	8	-	9	8	-	-	9	9	-	9	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 17				Tuesday 18
	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	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Campbells Bay Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Pataua Northland	Pataua Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	New Chums Coromandel	Tora Point Wairarapa	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 NNW	1.0 E	1.8 NE	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.3 E	1.3 E	2.3 NW	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 W	4.5 N	4.5 N	4.0 NNW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW
Period(s) (?)	10	6	10	9	7	9	7	7	7	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	5	12	11	11	12	12
Energy(?)	727	361	440	482	254	368	515	191	191	453	424	1171	520	932	502	498	208	5129	4702	4448	1294	924
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	11:38AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)				10:21PM 0.24					3:23AM 0.48												3:33PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	-	1
High °C	19	14	17	14	15	15	13	16	16	17	17	14	17	19	21	19	14	14	14	15	20	19
Chill °C (?)	19	12	17	13	14	15	13	15	14	17	17	12	17	19	21	19	13	12	12	13	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.5 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 NNW	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.3 E	1.3 E	2.3 NW	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	4.5 N	4.5 N	0.2 WSW	2.2 NW	1.9 NW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	7	7	7	7	7	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	-	12	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 WNW	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	0.2 WSW	0.3 S	0.2 NNE	0.3 S	0.2 NNE	0.5 NE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	7	10	7	10	14	9	9	13	13	15	15	12	8	16	8	15	4	11	11	16	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	-	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	-	-	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.8 N	-	1.7 ENE	-	-	1.6 W	-	-	4.0 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	-	6	-	7	7	-	-	6	6	8	-	10	-	-	5	-	-	11	-	-

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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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