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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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Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand
Rating
5

4

4

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4

3

6

6

5

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4

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4

4

4

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4

5

6

Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5

WSW
2.5

W
2.4

WSW
1.9

S
1.1

S
1.1

W
5.5

NNW
3.5

NNW
3.0

NNW
2.1

W
0.9

SW
1.8

W
1.7

W
1.8

W
2.3

SSE
1.6

WSW
1.6

WSW
0.8

E
2.5

ENE
2.0

NE
3.5

W
4.0

WSW
Period(s) (?)141212141412101111131313121310131414981013
Energy(?)4767224616431386799631639941362907152127714381315132094813271111254102277723894963
Wind
(km/h)
20
10
10
10
25
25
40
5
5
20
15
10
5
10
25
10
5
5
20
5
35
15
Wind State(?)offcrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscrossoffcross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
offcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:35AM
1.84

8:20PM
2.93
8:42AM
2.86

8:59PM
3.05
10:19AM
3.14

10:35PM
3.24
9:56AM
3.34


5:40AM
1.35
12:47PM
2.08
6:22PM
1.38
7:14AM
1.62



4:47PM
1.63
12:48AM
2.56

Low Tide
/ height (m)

3:02PM
0.44
2:33AM
0.38

2:47PM
0.34

4:10AM
0.76
4:27PM
0.74

3:49AM
0.38
4:05PM
0.39
11:34PM
0.21
11:54AM
0.20

12:39AM
0.20

3:47PM
0.29
10:49PM
0.32
9:18AM
0.62

6:42PM
0.35
6:59AM
0.42
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Summary
rain shwrssome cloudsclearclearclearlight rainheavy rainrain shwrssome cloudssome cloudsrain shwrsclearclearclearclearrain shwrssome cloudssome cloudsrain shwrscloudylight rainheavy rain
Rain (mm)
1----3322--4----1--1-315
High °C
1112915131113119141191513141515121513108
Low °C
911691091111710107141213151410131197
Chill °C (?)
1011714118101091398151212141512141365
Sunrise
6:20--6:11--6:26--6:37--6:18--6:11--6:01--6:28
Sunset
-6:28--6:02--6:38--6:45--6:31--6:28--6:25--
Swell1 (m) & direction
3.5

WSW
2.5

W
2.4

WSW
1.9

S
1.3

S
1.1

W

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3.5

NNW
3.0

NNW
2.1

W
0.9

SW
1.8

W
1.7

W
1.8

W
0.4

E
1.6

WSW
1.6

WSW
0.8

E
0.4

SSW
2.0

NE
0.9

N
4.0

WSW
Period (s)141212141012-11111313131213913141498913
Swell2 (m) & direction
1.4

NW

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-
0.1

E
1.1

S
0.7

WSW

-
1.4

WNW
1.1

W
0.2

S

-
1.2

NW
1.5

N
1.1

N
0.1

E
0.1

W
1.1

N
0.3

ESE
0.1

SW
1.0

E

-
0.5

NNE
Period (s)10--131416-101315-9991324841412-9
Wind waves (m) & direction
1.3

SSE

-

-
0.5

N
0.6

ENE
0.8

NNE
5.5

NNW

-

-
0.5

N

-

-

-

-
2.3

SSE
1.9

NNW

-

-
2.5

ENE

-
3.5

W

-
Period (s)7--33410--4----108--9-10-


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