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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	Wed	Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Scott Point Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Baches Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 NE	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	2.1 E	1.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SE	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	15	7	14	13	13	13	8	7	8	8	7	11	14	8	6	6	12	14	21
Energy(?)	1128	1184	367	1017	248	2150	1742	1359	1226	723	537	670	957	318	142	949	904	399	273	745	1155	475
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	off	on	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	10:26PM 1.70	10:40AM 1.74		1:51AM 1.74	10:44AM 1.82		11:05PM 1.85	11:27AM 1.90		11:05PM 2.53	11:23AM 2.65		10:38PM 3.28	10:53AM 3.50		11:14PM 3.37	11:29AM 3.59		11:54PM 2.79	12:05PM 3.63		12:26AM 3.44
Low Tide / height (m)		4:37AM 0.70	5:02PM 0.56	7:23PM 0.45	4:35AM 0.75	4:13PM 0.67		5:20AM 0.68	5:37PM 0.65		5:13AM 0.51	4:29PM 0.78		4:46AM 0.64	6:53PM 0.51		5:22AM 0.56	5:42PM 0.60		5:58AM 0.51	6:20PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	18	18	20	26	20	19	22	22	17	18	19	24	20	17	11	22	21	11	20	19	13
Low °C	14	17	17	18	21	20	18	20	21	14	16	19	22	16	16	9	22	21	10	16	18	11
Chill °C (?)	14	18	18	20	26	20	19	22	22	16	18	19	24	20	16	10	22	21	10	20	19	12
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:08	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:50	-	-	9:37	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:50	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 SW	0.4 SE	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 E	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	11	15	8	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	8	12	11	14	8	11	13	12	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.2 S	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NE	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 SSE	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SE	0.3 S	0.8 S	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	7	14	7	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	15	8	9	15	8	16	14	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.5 NE	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 S	2.1 E	1.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	1.6 ENE	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.0 SE	0.9 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	8	7	8	8	7	2	-	9	6	6	8	7	-

	Wed	Thursday 15								Friday 16								Saturday 17
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	691	1502	1509	1871	1184	589	1127	1086	1058	564	616	1662	1358	1521	572	1865	1913	1742	804	1395	1359	1259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		10:26PM 1.70			9:55AM 1.74								9:00AM 3.09				9:19PM 3.02				9:39AM 3.24
Low Tide / height (m)								4:09PM 0.77			3:46AM 0.74								3:27AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	11	10	18	18	16	17	16	16	15	19	20	21	16	20	19	18	18	18	20	22
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	8	18	18	16	17	16	16	15	19	20	21	16	20	19	18	18	18	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 WSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 N	0.8 NNW	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.7 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	11	10	9	8	11	11	10	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Wednesday 14				Thursday 15
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	14	10	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	17	14	17	16	16	7	16	16	16
Energy(?)	691	1338	1475	1649	1128	273	1128	1105	1105	260	319	346	346	372	1184	372	553	553	290	502	553	638
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	on	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)														8:15AM 2.93	9:55AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)									3:42AM 0.80											2:29PM 1.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	11	11	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	20	20	21	18	22	22	22	20	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	10	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	20	20	21	18	22	22	22	20	22	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	9:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	14	10	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	16	16	10	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 SW	0.5 N	0.6 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	11	11	17	7	17	11	11	16	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 NNW	-	0.5 NNW	1.1 W	1.1 W	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	4	10	10	7	6	6	6

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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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