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

	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	6.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	13	13	10	12	13	13	15	14	12	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	13	15
Energy(?)	438	3525	1286	1937	5804	2335	3952	2431	11167	4425	4129	2970	3288	3170	2837	3246	2904	1121	1248	1760	1959	2322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:05PM 2.82		4:30AM 2.51		7:01PM 1.74	7:06AM 2.84		7:43PM 2.89	7:37AM 2.60	12:14PM 1.95	12:34AM 1.87			9:38PM 3.17	10:03AM 3.14		9:21PM 3.11	11:20AM 2.00		11:01PM 3.32	11:22AM 3.23
Low Tide / height (m)	11:20AM 0.64		10:19PM 1.11	10:58AM 0.72	12:39PM 0.70	1:23AM 0.66		2:00PM 0.69	2:01AM 1.09			6:23PM 0.28	7:18AM 0.74	4:02PM 0.51		3:51AM 0.82	4:48PM 0.41		5:09AM 0.34	4:53PM 0.72		5:13AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	9	-	-	9	8	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	8	7	8	7	10	10	11	9	10	12	9	10	10	9	14	12	10	14	9	11
Low °C	10	11	6	6	8	6	6	8	10	8	9	10	8	9	7	7	13	9	8	12	8	8
Chill °C (?)	9	10	8	4	5	4	8	8	8	7	8	9	7	8	9	7	13	12	10	13	7	10
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	2.3 SSW	0.9 NNE	1.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	6.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	14	13	8	12	12	13	13	15	14	12	16	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.3 N	0.8 N	0.4 NE	1.0 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 SW	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	1.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	6	13	8	9	7	11	20	-	-	20	18	17	-	13	-	-	-	-	5	-	17	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.7 ESE	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	4	13	10	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	4	3	-	-

	Sunday 17	Monday 18	Tuesday 19	Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	6	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	18	17	16	16	14	14	14	15	13	12	12	10	10	10	12	11	12	13	13	12
Energy(?)	5296	1758	1474	3187	4229	4155	1246	3002	1139	1392	1414	1085	1658	2335	1916	1569	3952	3103	3126	2092	1584	1205
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				3:57PM 2.60													7:41AM 1.75				7:43PM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)		10:45AM 1.16								11:22AM 0.70		4:26PM 0.38			12:48AM 1.19				2:00PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	1	-	2	-	11	-	2	4	1	-	-	4	1	-	4	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	10	11	11	10	10	6	9	8	11	5	6	5	6	8	7	6	9	10	8	5	4
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	9	8	8	4	7	6	11	2	4	2	4	8	4	3	7	9	6	3	2
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.3 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.0 W
Period (s)	16	16	18	17	16	16	14	14	14	15	13	12	12	12	10	10	12	11	12	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 N	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.1 NNE	-	0.8 W	0.9 NW	0.6 NNE	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNE	-	1.4 W	0.1 SW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	8	8	7	11	-	16	7	8	6	9	9	9	11	-	12	20	14	-	-	-	23
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNE	-	1.7 NNE	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	10	-	-	-	3	12	10	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 17	Monday 18
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	6	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	16	17	12	12	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	14
Energy(?)	5686	1826	438	911	4597	4075	1714	3864	1730	2224	3090	3455	1400	4565	1212	1212	4396	1957	3971	1334	1191	1310
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)				9:43AM 0.63		11:20AM 0.64													12:01AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	9	6	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	13	9	8	8	11	8	7	10	11	9	6	6	6
Chill °C (?)	6	4	7	8	10	10	11	10	12	11	7	6	6	9	8	6	8	9	7	4	4	4
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	16	17	12	12	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	16	16	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 N	0.7 NNE	1.1 NE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 N	0.3 N	0.7 N	0.9 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.1 NNE	0.5 N	-	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	-	14	6	6	19	19	8	13	8	7	9	9	9	18	8	8	11	6	-	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NNE	-	-	1.4 NNE	-	1.5 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	11	-	11	-	-	-

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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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