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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	Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	3	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WNW	2.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	7	13	15	13	13	13	14	14	8	8	7	8	11	14	15	16	12	15	13
Energy(?)	1506	1104	835	392	1857	1359	884	1217	1243	702	1558	576	1546	488	1279	1972	962	674	1870	742	800	1167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			7:27PM 1.40		3:43PM 2.43	8:36PM 1.71		1:56PM 1.98	2:20AM 1.88		2:07PM 2.92	3:53AM 1.85		4:24PM 1.80		9:32AM 1.48	5:13PM 1.69			4:36PM 2.52		4:48AM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)		1:40PM 0.33	1:43AM 0.19	8:18AM 0.21		2:47AM 0.37	7:57AM 0.39		8:15PM 0.43	7:56AM 0.89		9:51PM 0.55	10:12AM 0.51		10:34PM 0.67			10:18PM 0.69	10:14AM 1.29		10:44PM 1.34	11:12AM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	38	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	84	30	1	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	15	17	12	11	17	18	18	19	18	19	20	17	17	20	16	13	14	18	17	19
Low °C	14	16	14	16	12	10	14	18	17	17	18	19	19	16	15	15	14	13	12	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	19	17	13	17	11	10	17	18	18	19	17	18	20	16	16	20	16	13	13	18	17	19
Sunrise	7:30	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:28	-	-	8:08	-	-	7:47
Sunset	-	6:59	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WNW	2.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	2.0 SW	0.3 N	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.5 ENE	1.2 E	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	14	14	12	7	13	15	13	13	13	14	14	14	10	10	8	11	9	9	16	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	-	-	0.6 N	0.7 W	0.5 SW	-	-	0.2 N	-	0.2 S	0.9 E	0.2 SSE	1.3 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	-	-	5	16	16	-	-	10	-	12	11	10	14	15	10	15	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.7 ENE	1.1 NNE	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	0.9 N	0.6 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	3	5	-	-	-	3	6	3	6	4	8	8	7	8	11	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 03					Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Mon
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.2 W	2.3 W	1.3 S	1.8 WSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1729	1384	1024	1301	1431	559	1059	1061	1156	902	880	1680	1818	3256	3663	1028	1109	3058	1079	1127	1023	1060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:23AM 1.62						1:15AM 1.99			12:57PM 3.15					2:40AM 2.03				1:31PM 3.05
Low Tide / height (m)			1:18PM 0.17		9:25PM 0.49				7:24AM 0.33				8:37PM 0.31				8:54AM 0.29				7:40PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	18	20	17	16	14	14	15	15	17	17	12	11	10	10	10	10	12	19	17	14	17
Chill °C (?)	15	18	20	17	15	13	13	15	15	17	17	11	10	8	8	8	8	10	19	17	13	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.2 W	2.3 W	1.3 S	1.8 WSW	2.0 WNW	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.9 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.7 W	1.4 W	-	-	0.1 SE	-	-	0.7 N	0.9 N	1.1 N	1.1 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	-	-	10	10	16	6	15	15	13	13	-	-	15	-	-	6	6	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.8 NE	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 SE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	5	-	-	-	-

	Friday 03	Saturday 04
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Frentzes Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 S	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.3 W	2.3 W	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	11	11	14	11	10	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	10	10	9	11
Energy(?)	1848	1804	1506	937	937	1384	554	270	559	213	198	217	214	1431	1431	331	193	835	203	251	245	296
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:23AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)														8:01PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	1	-	-
High °C	12	14	14	15	17	18	14	15	15	15	15	17	17	16	15	18	14	15	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	14	17	18	12	14	14	14	14	17	16	15	14	18	13	13	13	13	12	14
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 W	2.0 W	1.8 S	1.6 WSW	1.1 W	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.3 W	2.3 W	0.8 SSE	0.8 SW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	14	11	11	14	11	10	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	11	13	12	10	10	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	-	-	11	11	-	-	13	11	10	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	-	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.1 NNE	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.8 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	3	4	4	-

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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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