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

	Wed	Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31
	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	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	0.9 ENE	4.5 SE	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	0.7 ESE
Period(s) (?)	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	9	9	8	11	9	9	13
Energy(?)	1902	3345	4023	2976	1237	4525	4326	2352	1885	1815	793	1144	1121	1285	774	2670	1569	174	6932	1799	2600	285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:51AM 1.74	2:43PM 2.81		6:20AM 2.17	2:12PM 2.24		5:45AM 1.82	3:21PM 2.65		8:07AM 2.19		4:08AM 1.32	6:51AM 1.76		10:51PM 1.77	5:57AM 3.03			7:19AM 2.68		7:36PM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)	11:33PM 0.54			12:21AM 0.55	12:41PM 0.63		1:11AM 0.57	11:55AM 0.52		12:24AM 0.42			9:22PM 0.17		4:41PM 0.34		12:13PM 0.96	1:12PM 0.59	12:59AM 0.45		1:25PM 0.51	1:55AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	5	-	9	-	-	7	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	22	4	-	23	3	-	1
High °C	10	14	12	10	15	15	18	16	17	16	17	19	18	20	21	16	14	14	12	12	12	23
Low °C	9	13	10	9	13	14	17	15	17	13	16	18	15	19	18	14	14	13	10	11	12	19
Chill °C (?)	8	13	10	8	15	14	18	16	17	16	17	19	18	20	21	15	12	13	10	11	10	23
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.1 W	2.5 S	0.5 SW	0.9 ENE	4.5 SE	1.7 ESE	0.1 S	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	9	12	8	11	11	15	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.1 N	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	-	-	1.9 ESE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	17	-	-	-	8	12	-	-	6	20	6	18	18	16	15	11	7	11	-	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 W	-	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	0.9 SE	3.0 S	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	15	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	9	6	9	9	9	-

	Wed	Thursday 25								Friday 26								Saturday 27
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Piha-The Bar Auckland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	8	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 W	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	0.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 S	4.0 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	10	16	16	19	15	14	17	15	15	14	12	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1265	2139	1221	1506	3345	1191	4023	2297	1026	2976	3197	3108	3634	7136	1012	905	3856	3463	3690	3539	3546	3069
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:24AM 2.71	5:35AM 2.17				4:22PM 1.88				4:57AM 1.84							3:03AM 2.55
Low Tide / height (m)		12:42AM 0.37							8:12PM 0.45	10:43PM 0.37			6:34AM 0.48	10:14AM 0.56	2:01PM 0.44		8:57PM 0.84				9:09AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	7	-	-	-	1	7	2	-	-	-	-	1	5	3	3	4	5	-	-	4	2
Temp. °C	10	10	13	10	13	19	10	12	17	10	9	9	16	12	11	11	19	12	15	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	9	9	13	8	12	19	8	10	17	8	7	6	16	12	10	9	19	12	15	15	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 SSE	4.0 W	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	16	16	11	15	14	10	15	15	14	11	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 S	-	1.1 NW	-	-	1.0 W	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NW	-	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	18	17	19	16	-	6	-	-	17	-	-	-	13	13	4	4	6	-	6	6	22	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	8	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 24				Thursday 25
	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	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Porridge Southland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Piha-The Bar Auckland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	8	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	1.5 SSW	1.8 W	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.4 S	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.0 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	10	17	17	9	17	16	11	16	16	16	10	16	16	16	19	10	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	3712	2618	882	1186	2020	863	1902	1682	645	1869	2571	1728	77	3494	2003	1982	1124	1588	1192	1212	1357	1461
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)										4:13AM 1.87	5:35AM 2.17								1:52PM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)					11:33PM 0.54								5:42AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	13	10	10	19	10	10	15	10	10	10	21	13	14	15	21	16	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	13	12	13	8	7	19	7	7	14	7	7	8	21	12	13	15	21	15	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	2.0 WSW	1.8 W	1.5 W	1.9 W	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.5 S	2.3 NW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	18	10	10	9	9	9	9	16	11	16	16	16	7	9	16	16	11	10	10	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	1.5 SSW	0.9 NW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.5 NE	2.2 WSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SW	1.1 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	18	10	17	17	12	17	12	9	12	12	-	6	11	10	10	19	17	18	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 W	2.3 WSW	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	2.2 WNW	-	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.4 SW	-	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	18	7	-	4	-	-	-	8	-	8	8	8	2	-	7	7	-	8	-	-	-	-

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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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