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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	Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Sat
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Papatea Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Tuamotu Island Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	1.9 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	1.2 E	1.4 NW	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	0.8 SW	3.5 W	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	15	14	13	12	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	8	10	10	11	14
Energy(?)	1493	1047	1915	1463	241	2113	969	1447	1265	813	156	419	942	1489	1534	341	248	465	836	158	3141	656
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:38PM 3.13	2:00PM 1.95	12:51AM 2.60	11:43AM 2.31		12:03AM 2.17	12:46PM 2.70		1:12AM 2.64		1:02PM 2.21	1:28AM 2.05			7:59PM 2.09	8:33AM 1.56		3:30AM 2.02	9:03AM 1.64	3:40PM 2.06		4:16AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)				5:38AM 0.55	5:58PM 0.64		6:33AM 0.47		7:11PM 0.63	7:10AM 0.46		7:23PM 0.75	7:59AM 0.98	2:14PM 0.51	2:24AM 1.00		3:03PM 0.48	9:23PM 0.62			10:03PM 0.75	10:26AM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	19	19	18	20	13	9	20	12	8	25	19	16	20	18	16	18	18	21	22	13	11	12
Low °C	19	18	18	19	12	7	18	11	7	21	19	14	20	17	14	17	17	17	20	13	10	11
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	20	12	6	20	10	6	25	19	16	20	18	15	18	18	21	22	10	9	11
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:16	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:06	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	1.9 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	1.2 E	1.4 NW	0.2 SSW	2.0 NE	0.8 SW	-	1.3 SW
Period (s)	13	14	15	14	13	12	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	8	9	10	10	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	-	0.6 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.2 E	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	11	-	9	9	10	9	9	-	12	-	14	14	14	13	10	15	8	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	0.5 SE	-	-	1.3 N	2.0 NE	-	0.5 WNW	3.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	6	-	5	-	-	7	8	-	3	11	-

	Saturday 22							Sunday 23								Monday 24
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1095	3620	1332	1483	1664	1712	1121	1076	1087	1500	1486	1378	1238	1825	2548	1714	1573	1037	1774	1065	1053	1036
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				11:09AM 2.33				11:45PM 2.66				11:43AM 2.31		5:48PM 1.55						12:20PM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)						5:22PM 0.59				5:53AM 0.33						12:00AM 0.43		6:31AM 0.39				6:38PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	8	15	19	20	20	16	15	14	16	19	19	19	12	10	9	8	16	10	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	12	6	15	19	20	20	16	15	14	16	19	19	19	12	8	7	6	16	8	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.3 S	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	7	-	6	9	11	11	-	-	5	-	11	11	-	9	9	9	9	-	9	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	12	12	12	12	-	-	4	5	-

	Saturday 22
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1038	2383	1227	1485	1486	1486	919	919	1319	1429	1487	1483	1706	268	580	263	255	1752	1495	1779	1802	1848
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											11:09AM 2.33						5:06PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)					5:03AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	9	13	17	17	17	14	16	17	18	20	19	20	15	13	14	13	19	13	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	13	6	13	17	17	17	14	16	17	18	20	19	20	14	12	13	12	19	12	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	-	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	14	-	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	0.6 SW	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SW	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	6	-	7	10	10	10	-	-	5	-	10	9	18	10	10	10	9	-	10	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-

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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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