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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	Tue		Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tue
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Papatea Bay East Cape
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 NNW	2.0 ENE	3.0 NE	1.7 NNW	3.0 NE	0.8 SW	1.9 W	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	0.9 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	9	12	13	13	13	14	13	13	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	8
Energy(?)	3350	660	1147	586	2258	426	1281	2067	1390	911	1046	1427	1047	1245	1509	298	2504	2658	2214	1772	552	227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:41PM 3.06	10:12AM 2.99		11:12PM 3.12	5:43AM 1.37	6:06PM 1.27		8:19AM 1.70		1:51AM 1.98	12:38PM 3.13	1:13PM 1.95	1:00AM 3.08	10:24AM 1.68	3:58PM 2.15	12:23AM 3.19	12:40PM 3.33		2:20AM 2.93		1:37PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)		3:53AM 0.57		4:55PM 0.42		12:03PM 0.28		12:12AM 0.29		6:48PM 0.54	7:40PM 0.34	6:33AM 1.04						6:35AM 0.79	6:58PM 0.93	8:05PM 1.11	7:14AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	cloudy	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	10	-	23	2	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	16	20	18	16	19	19	17	16	10	17	15	17	19	14	19	15	11	14	10	8	21	18
Low °C	16	17	18	15	16	18	16	15	10	16	14	16	18	13	18	13	7	11	10	6	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	20	18	16	19	19	17	16	9	17	14	17	19	13	19	15	9	13	8	8	21	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	8:36	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:16	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:13	-	-	8:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	2.0 ENE	0.3 NNW	1.7 NNW	3.0 NE	0.9 SW	1.9 W	2.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 W	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.4 NE	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SSW	0.9 NE
Period (s)	13	9	14	9	12	10	13	13	14	13	13	15	14	14	14	12	12	9	12	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 E	0.8 SW	0.5 N	-	0.9 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.1 N	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 E	-	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	9	-	10	10	13	8	-	9	7	7	6	-	13	11	9	9	13	-	9	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 NNW	-	3.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 WSW	-	0.3 ESE	0.8 E
Period (s)	11	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	12	12	12	-	4	4

	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Colac Bay Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	1.9 NW	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 NE	1.8 W	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	11	13	15	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1093	1010	1154	1455	1286	1364	1843	2224	2740	3370	3544	1371	3287	1609	1405	1202	2210	2297	2399	1025	1230	1097
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:49PM 2.90	10:26PM 2.61		4:59AM 1.35						11:12PM 3.12			8:27AM 1.62					11:48PM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)								11:17AM 0.28	1:03PM 0.43	5:40PM 0.54				5:23AM 1.02				4:34PM 0.68				5:03AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	3	-	-	-	2	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	19	17	17	16	17	20	22	18	15	12	15	14	15	19	21	19	18	17	13	16	14
Chill °C (?)	25	19	17	17	16	17	20	22	18	15	11	15	14	15	19	21	19	18	17	13	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.9 NW	2.2 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.8 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 NE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 NE	1.8 W	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	11	13	15	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 WSW	0.2 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 NNW	1.5 N	-	1.2 NNW	1.1 N	0.9 NNW	0.2 N	0.3 ESE	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	8	12	16	11	11	9	9	12	12	9	-	9	8	8	13	6	8	7	7	8	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 18										Wednesday 19
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Colac Bay Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ENE	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	3.5 NNW	4.0 NNW	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 N	1.4 W	3.0 NNW	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	3.0 NE	0.5 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	10	8	10	10	10	8	11	10	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	999	1151	1276	3350	3478	539	568	627	678	2037	392	1752	1528	1402	1251	65	444	430	424	835	244	592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											12:00AM 1.95										9:46AM 2.76	10:04AM 3.18
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	1	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	24	20	16	16	16	23	21	20	18	14	12	16	14	16	18	9	17	17	17	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	24	20	15	14	14	23	21	20	17	14	10	15	14	16	17	7	17	17	17	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.2 NNE	3.0 N	1.4 W	3.0 NNW	2.5 N	2.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.0 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	2.1 NNW	1.0 WNW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	9	12	11	13	11	9	9	9	13	10	8	10	10	10	14	8	10	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 NW	1.3 NNE	-	0.1 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 N	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	14	7	-	16	9	9	9	16	11	10	11	10	11	-	11	13	13	13	10	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	1.3 NNW	-	3.5 NNW	4.0 NNW	-	-	0.6 WNW	2.3 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	7	-	11	11	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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