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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	Thu	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Frentzes Southland	Wavetraps West Coast South Island
Rating	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.1 S	0.7 SW	5.5 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 W	0.9 SW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 E	2.5 ENE	1.4 SW	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	14	12	12	14	14	16	10	11	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	9	12	10
Energy(?)	4124	4767	2246	1643	1386	799	302	6399	4136	2907	3682	277	1438	1716	1320	905	1346	1111	592	1022	627	2389
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	on	glass	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:46AM 2.30	9:35AM 1.84		8:20PM 2.93	8:42AM 2.86		8:59PM 3.05	9:19AM 2.98		10:35PM 3.24	10:53AM 3.17		10:11PM 3.43	5:40AM 1.35		6:22PM 1.38	6:46AM 1.36		9:54PM 1.12	4:56AM 1.64	1:48PM 1.95	2:08AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		3:22AM 0.52	3:45PM 0.51	2:33AM 0.38		2:47PM 0.34		3:12AM 0.25	4:27PM 0.74		4:45AM 0.70	4:05PM 0.39		11:54AM 0.20		12:39AM 0.20		1:20PM 0.35	3:43AM 0.41	11:10AM 0.37		8:00PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	4	1	-	-	-	-	18	25	2	-	-	7	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	4	3	8
High °C	12	11	11	9	15	13	11	13	11	10	12	10	10	14	13	14	15	14	12	13	9	10
Low °C	9	9	11	7	9	10	8	12	11	8	12	9	7	14	12	14	14	12	11	12	8	9
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	7	14	11	8	10	10	9	10	8	10	13	12	13	15	13	11	11	9	9
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:49	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.3 S	0.7 SW	-	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	0.9 SW	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 E	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.9 N
Period (s)	16	14	12	12	14	10	16	-	11	11	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	9	22	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.4 NW	-	-	0.1 E	1.1 S	0.4 SW	-	1.4 WNW	1.1 W	2.4 W	-	1.2 NW	1.5 WSW	1.1 N	-	-	1.1 N	0.4 ENE	0.1 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	13	14	13	-	10	13	14	-	9	13	9	-	-	8	5	14	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	1.3 SSE	-	-	0.5 N	0.6 ENE	-	5.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NNW	-	1.9 N	1.9 NNW	-	-	2.5 ENE	1.4 SW	3.5 W
Period (s)	11	7	-	-	3	3	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	7	8	-	-	9	12	10

	Thu	Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Karitane Point Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	7	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	3.0 SW	2.5 NE	3.0 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	8	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	8	8	14	13
Energy(?)	918	6514	5119	6546	5387	3831	3287	3102	1530	1256	1036	1175	1029	1228	1097	1039	1025	1092	1551	1218	3571	4652
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:09PM 1.86			7:59AM 2.71					9:20PM 3.12			8:43AM 3.15			4:00PM 1.44						11:36AM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)	6:38PM 0.89						2:04PM 0.47							9:26AM 0.17				10:42PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	5	7	6	9	9	11	12	11	9	8	8	7	9	15	14	12	9	7	8	8	9	10
Chill °C (?)	0	5	3	6	6	10	11	10	8	7	7	5	7	14	12	10	8	4	6	8	7	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 SW	2.1 NE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	15	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	13	9	8	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.5 WNW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.1 E	0.9 S	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	9	10	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	5	15	15	14	15	11	10	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	3.0 SW	2.5 NE	3.0 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	5	8	8	14	13

	Thursday 18					Friday 19
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	11AM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kaka Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Karitane Point Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	7	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	0.4 S	0.1 NE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	14	14	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1075	9121	8945	3772	4192	3688	3688	4851	4199	3903	3785	4378	3955	741	826	720	813	1076	73	5	476	392
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																				1:15PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)	6:38PM 0.89							1:48AM 0.54	2:47AM 0.97						8:34AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	9	8	12	11	11	11	11	7	6	6	9	9	8	8	10	9	11	22	9	8	8
Chill °C (?)	1	5	4	9	8	8	8	8	6	4	4	7	7	4	4	7	5	8	22	6	8	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	1.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	15	10	10	17	17	16	16	10	13	13	13	15	15	12	12	14	12	15	8	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 S	0.9 S	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	-	-	17	17	-	-	16	-	-	-	10	10	12	12	15	12	14	11	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	-	-
Period (s)	8	14	14	11	11	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	7	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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