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

	Fri		Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Fri
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Charleston West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Frentzes Southland	Kaka Point Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Dinner Plates Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 S	1.8 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	0.7 W	1.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	13	14	13	11	13	8	13	12	11	12	20	16	19	18	16	13	12	14	15
Energy(?)	1256	1579	799	1257	1152	932	759	3216	653	3155	2386	859	2034	533	1735	798	1092	1125	1101	501	661	723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	on	off	glass	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		7:37PM 2.51	8:16AM 2.73		8:45PM 2.68	9:14AM 2.93		9:20PM 2.38	9:25AM 2.44		10:06PM 2.51	10:26AM 2.72		10:46PM 2.60	10:45AM 2.52		11:25PM 2.86			2:39AM 2.14		5:53PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		1:51AM 0.66		3:22PM 0.45	2:54AM 0.48			3:29AM 0.23		4:00PM 0.16		4:14AM 0.10	4:41PM 0.05		4:36AM 0.28	5:19PM -0.00		7:20AM 0.24		8:32PM 0.09	8:48AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	11	22	21	19	22	11	9	15	12	10	10	14	15	19	18	18	18	21	19	23	21
Low °C	16	9	20	20	18	19	11	8	13	12	9	9	13	13	15	18	16	17	21	14	17	19
Chill °C (?)	17	10	22	21	19	22	8	6	14	9	8	10	13	15	19	18	18	18	21	19	23	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:13	-
Sunset	8:22	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	-	3.0 S	1.1 SW	0.1 E	-	1.9 S	2.5 S	0.8 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 W	1.6 WNW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	12	14	13	13	14	13	-	13	11	9	-	11	12	11	16	11	18	16	9	10	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	-	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 S	-	-	0.2 E	0.1 N	-	-	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.7 W	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.3 E
Period (s)	12	-	16	16	8	-	-	10	13	-	-	11	10	20	9	19	11	10	13	12	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SE	0.5 E	-	-	1.8 SSW	-	1.8 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	4	3	-	-	11	-	8	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Friday 27			Saturday 28								Sunday 01								Monday 02
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Herangi Beach Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Charleston West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.3 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	9	8	13	13	13
Energy(?)	895	1113	1007	1369	1094	1073	1207	1123	1059	1098	1183	1182	1164	1123	1039	827	760	2159	1124	1554	1139	5746
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:37PM 2.51								8:25PM 2.23				8:38AM 2.33					12:02AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)					1:51AM 0.66				2:00PM 0.66				2:37AM 0.39				3:12PM 0.35	4:59PM 0.37	9:51PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	18	16	15	15	15	11	23	22	20	18	19	18	17	20	23	21	16	9	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	22	18	15	15	14	14	9	23	22	20	18	19	18	17	20	23	21	16	7	7	8	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	0.2 N	1.9 S	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	7	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	-	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.1 N	0.5 S	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 NE
Period (s)	8	18	18	16	7	6	-	16	16	8	8	7	7	7	7	-	-	15	12	11	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 S	1.4 S	-	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 E	0.6 SSE	0.3 SE	-	3.5 WSW	2.3 S	-	-	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	7	-	6	6	-	-	-	3	8	8	7	4	7	6	-	9	8	-	-	13

	Friday 27										Saturday 28
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Herangi Beach Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Charleston West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.5 SE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	5	13	13	14
Energy(?)	891	928	818	1256	877	925	2606	968	802	904	892	990	948	898	767	813	938	1658	27	362	352	145
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)													1:33AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	19	17	19	18	12	20	21	19	19	19	18	18	20	18	17	14	11	10	11	13
Chill °C (?)	22	19	19	17	19	18	10	20	21	19	19	19	18	18	20	18	17	13	11	8	10	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.5 SE	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	5	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 WSW	-	0.2 N	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.5 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 N	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	20	-	12	18	18	-	18	8	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	16	12	6	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	0.8 S	-	1.1 S	1.3 S	1.6 WSW	0.5 S	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	6	7	14	3	-	3	4	4	4	4	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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