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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	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			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	Karekare Auckland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Baylys Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Whareama Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	4	2	2	4	8	3	5	6	5	5	4	4	5	4	1	4	4	2	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 NE	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 NE	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	3.0 SW	3.0 W	2.3 SW	0.4 SE	2.3 SW	0.4 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 W	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	6	11	11	13	18	7	16	15	16	15	13	14	11	12	10	12	13	8	10	8	13
Energy(?)	683	183	425	321	240	1249	227	4630	979	5200	5153	1827	3446	2301	1569	91	1461	81	516	1767	850	3369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:17PM 2.10		6:57AM 2.08		2:08AM 1.69	10:26AM 1.79		8:00PM 2.13			2:45AM 1.65	11:48AM 1.88		12:18AM 1.91	12:27PM 1.93		12:57AM 1.95	6:24AM 1.38	3:47PM 1.73		12:24PM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)	12:08PM 0.74		1:18AM 0.91		3:57PM 0.54	7:45PM 0.35	4:19AM 0.57	2:03PM 0.77	2:21AM 0.53	7:32AM 0.45	3:22PM 0.88	8:19PM 0.36	5:46AM 0.54	6:06PM 0.42		6:26AM 0.52	6:46PM 0.38		12:44PM 0.29		9:51PM 0.35	6:15AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	2	2	4	9	-
High °C	21	15	17	22	13	12	24	13	9	19	16	13	19	18	15	20	12	17	13	13	9	18
Low °C	19	15	16	18	12	9	22	13	8	18	16	11	18	14	11	20	10	11	12	12	8	17
Chill °C (?)	21	13	17	22	12	11	24	11	6	19	14	12	19	17	14	20	9	16	13	11	7	18
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:46	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:32	-	-	9:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 W	0.9 NE	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.3 W	3.0 SW	-	2.3 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 W	0.3 SE	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	7	11	11	13	11	7	16	15	16	15	13	14	-	12	10	6	13	8	10	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.6 WNW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SE	1.3 N	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	9	19	17	12	18	10	8	-	-	-	11	-	-	10	14	10	8	12	15	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	1.6 WNW	-	1.2 NE	2.0 WNW	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 W	-	0.4 ENE	2.3 SW	0.5 WSW	-	-	2.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	6	3	3	7	-	7	9	-	6	-	-	-	11	-	5	12	3	-	-	8	-

	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Karekare Auckland	Karitane Point Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	5	7	8	8	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	2.3 NE	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 ENE	0.9 SW	2.2 NE	1.2 W	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.0 NE	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	14	8	13	11	12	7	12	7	11	18	17	16	16	16	7	16	16	16
Energy(?)	678	603	549	551	1122	1227	623	204	305	578	264	870	629	1249	3140	6489	7783	7685	554	2200	1992	8168
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:17PM 2.10	9:16PM 1.74					12:20PM 1.65				10:07PM 1.76				10:26AM 1.79	3:41PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		12:08PM 0.74					3:30AM 0.56				1:41PM 0.97	6:55PM 0.36				4:19AM 0.57					7:06PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	-	2
Temp. °C	19	22	22	20	17	17	15	14	19	19	22	12	12	10	9	9	9	11	21	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	19	22	22	20	17	17	14	13	19	19	22	10	11	8	7	7	7	9	21	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	2.1 NE	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 ENE	0.9 SW	1.9 NE	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.9 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	1.3 ENE	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	4.0 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	14	8	13	11	12	7	12	7	11	11	13	16	16	16	7	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	8	-	4	18	9	16	13	12	18	17	-	-	-	10	8	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	-	0.4 ENE	-	2.3 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	0.3 NNW	2.2 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 NE	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	3	-	3	-	8	4	-	3	13	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	5	5	-

	Sunday 14																Monday 15
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Karekare Auckland	Karitane Point Otago	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	5	7	8	8	3	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 NE	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.9 NE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	10	7	10	11	12	12	12	6	12	14	14	14	14	14	5	14	14	12
Energy(?)	736	678	683	666	397	32	405	373	551	397	546	122	663	1195	1122	1046	1007	758	67	691	611	213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	off	on	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						12:51PM 1.69									9:16PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)												6:10PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	19	20	16	15	18	20	22	19	20	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	13	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	20	16	13	18	20	22	19	20	15	17	17	17	15	15	15	12	16	17	14
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	0.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.4 SE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	10	7	10	11	12	12	12	8	12	14	14	14	14	14	8	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 SE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.4 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	16	9	16	-	-	16	20	9	15	15	14	14	14	-	7	9	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 E	0.8 ENE	-	1.4 NE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.9 NE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	3	4	-	6	3	3	-	-	3	3	5	7	7	3

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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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