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

	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Fri
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	5	4	4	6	5	8	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 S	4.0 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.1 SSE	3.5 SE	2.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	8	12	13	14	14	15	15	14	7	8	10	10	10	6	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	499	2596	745	4304	2499	6475	3710	4329	3806	2266	485	2230	1577	2308	1410	329	2103	3448	1858	1574	1466	1260
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:18AM 3.42	5:26PM 1.69	11:57PM 2.21			8:54PM 1.69	10:30AM 2.79		9:36PM 1.71	10:54AM 1.15	1:09PM 2.12	1:32AM 2.07		3:00PM 2.15	2:28AM 1.98		3:08PM 1.91			2:24PM 2.76	2:59AM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)				6:09AM 0.01	2:35PM 0.10	3:02AM 0.23	4:27AM -0.04	4:48PM -0.11	3:47AM 0.26	4:49AM 0.13		7:21PM 0.29	7:45AM 0.31		8:15PM 0.42	8:11AM 0.84		9:16PM 0.54	9:22AM 1.00		8:32PM 0.84	8:58AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	7	-	11	1	4	5	8	19	8	-	2	2	1	2	-	2	1	1	-
High °C	13	18	13	13	13	11	14	16	13	16	13	13	17	16	14	17	17	12	11	12	14	17
Low °C	11	18	8	13	11	10	11	14	12	13	12	12	14	14	11	15	16	11	11	11	13	14
Chill °C (?)	12	17	12	11	12	9	13	15	13	15	13	13	17	16	13	16	17	12	10	11	14	17
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	5:57	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 S	4.0 W	2.5 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.1 S	1.9 S	2.1 SSE	3.5 SE	2.5 SSE	1.6 NNW	1.2 NNW	3.0 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	13	13	7	12	13	14	14	15	15	14	12	9	10	10	10	8	8	10	11	10	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	0.6 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 N	1.5 NNW	1.2 NW	0.8 NNW	-	-	1.8 E	1.2 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	16	-	10	20	18	16	8	8	8	8	-	-	8	9	8	15	14	12	18	18	18	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	-	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	2.3 ESE	3.5 ESE	-	-	1.2 SW	1.7 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	2	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	8	-	-	5	6	9	10	10	10	10	10

	Friday 17						Saturday 18							Sunday 19
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	3AM	6AM	8AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Kingston Norfolk Island	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	7	5	8	5	8	7	5	5	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 W	1.9 S	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 WSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 S	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	16
Energy(?)	1660	1359	3533	3580	1359	1359	1945	2177	1080	1455	5053	4948	6207	4764	7477	3665	7034	6243	3419	3248	3537	7765
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						8:13PM 1.64				9:13AM 1.26												9:37PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		11:14AM 0.22		5:49PM 0.04				3:43AM -0.01				5:48PM 0.14				5:32AM 0.44	6:07AM 0.16			4:57PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	2	3	-	-	1	-	2	-
Temp. °C	13	18	13	13	21	20	14	14	21	13	12	11	11	9	10	10	11	13	13	15	14	18
Chill °C (?)	13	18	12	12	21	20	13	13	21	13	12	10	9	8	8	9	9	12	12	14	13	18
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 W	1.9 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSE	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SSE
Period (s)	12	13	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	11	12	12	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.6 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.7 SW	0.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 W	-	-	0.9 N	-	-	1.2 N	-	1.4 NW	0.1 NE
Period (s)	10	13	10	10	11	11	-	16	14	8	18	18	15	-	-	8	-	-	9	-	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	2.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	13	12	-	-	-	6	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	16

	Friday 17																	Saturday 18
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	10AM	11AM	1PM	2PM	2PM	2PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Kingston Norfolk Island	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	7	5	8	5	8	7	5	5	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	2.1 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSE	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WNW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	9	13	13	10	10	13	13	13	5	13	13	12	12	11	8	11	11	9	13	13	8
Energy(?)	1801	1338	499	504	715	715	2757	2757	943	96	2819	3134	3119	4576	3607	1672	2801	2645	1852	1772	1695	44
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																		11:18PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)									1:57PM 0.15			5:06PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	6	-	2	2	1	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	11	12	21	21	18	18	21	15	15	14	15	12	14	15	14	13	16	17	17	20
Chill °C (?)	11	12	8	10	21	21	18	18	21	14	13	12	12	10	12	13	13	12	14	15	15	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	1.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.4 SSW	0.2 SSE	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	12	9	13	13	10	10	13	13	10	11	13	13	12	12	11	13	11	11	-	13	13	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	1.3 SSW	0.1 NE	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	-	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	10	14	16	16	15	15	-	-	13	4	18	18	18	16	14	-	10	10	-	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 SSW	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	3.0 NW	3.5 NW	3.0 NW	3.0 W	3.0 NW	3.0 WNW	2.5 NW	2.2 NW	3.5 WNW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	-	9	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	9	6	6	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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