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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	Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thu
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Maori Bay Auckland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Coopers Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	1.8 E	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	15	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	481	1270	1377	1327	1067	1062	1819	1047	1918	290	275	996	1149	1781	865	1003	1210	2628	2264	2235	943	676
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:04PM 1.96		8:28PM 1.56	7:34AM 1.46		11:12PM 3.27	11:31AM 2.82		12:02AM 3.14	12:08PM 2.77			5:54AM 1.74		12:56AM 2.21		2:36PM 2.93			1:49PM 2.14	7:41PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		2:21PM 0.40	2:42AM 0.27		5:07PM 0.71		5:19AM 0.36	6:47PM 1.04		5:56AM 0.41	6:22PM 0.51	10:22PM 0.68	12:14PM 0.52			8:20AM 0.62		11:52PM 0.69	9:05AM 0.68		2:05AM 0.49	8:49AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	-
High °C	19	16	15	12	16	15	15	19	18	16	14	16	10	10	18	22	19	17	21	17	16	23
Low °C	18	16	14	10	16	14	13	18	17	14	14	15	10	9	17	20	19	17	19	16	16	21
Chill °C (?)	19	16	15	11	16	15	14	19	18	16	13	16	7	7	18	22	19	16	21	16	15	23
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	8:40	-	-	8:39	-	-	8:16	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	1.8 E	1.6 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	13	13	14	14	15	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.4 N	-	1.0 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.5 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 S	0.1 NW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	8	-	10	7	7	10	-	11	9	9	-	9	9	6	16	15	14	14	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 20							Friday 21								Saturday 22
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Anaura Bay East Cape	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	11	11	10	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	14	14	15
Energy(?)	3287	1604	1371	1160	2064	2304	1535	1025	1119	1099	1099	1098	1430	1090	1537	1062	1077	3302	1350	1504	1756	1106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:27AM 1.62					11:48PM 3.14								12:14AM 2.65				11:09AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)						4:34PM 0.68				4:44AM 0.34				5:08PM 0.42								5:44PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	17	19	27	19	18	15	13	13	14	17	11	10	17	18	14	12	9	15	20	15	18
Chill °C (?)	12	17	19	27	19	18	15	13	13	14	17	9	9	17	18	14	12	7	15	20	14	18
Sunrise	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	0.7 ENE	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	14	11	11	10	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	-	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	14	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 NE	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	8	13	13	18	8	7	-	8	7	7	7	15	10	-	-	7	6	-	6	9	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 W	-	-	2.1 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	14	-

	Thursday 20
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Anaura Bay East Cape	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WNW	2.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	11	11	10	12	12	8	13	13	14	14	13	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	3613	1909	1750	1477	327	340	223	1522	1028	615	838	1330	1452	1247	1747	1457	1121	2480	1293	2262	1797	1398
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										10:21AM 2.82												10:34PM 2.72
Low Tide / height (m)		2:03AM 0.28															5:39PM 1.00				9:31PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	18	18	19	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	21	22	17	17	15	16	20	15	17	19	15
Chill °C (?)	13	18	18	19	16	16	16	15	15	17	17	21	22	16	17	13	16	20	14	17	19	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.9 WNW	2.0 W	1.5 WNW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 W	1.8 W	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	11	11	10	8	8	8	13	8	14	14	13	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 NNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW	0.6 N	1.2 WSW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WSW	0.2 S	1.2 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.5 NNW	0.4 NW	-	0.4 NNW	0.8 NE	1.3 ENE	-
Period (s)	9	13	13	12	12	12	13	8	13	8	16	18	9	8	7	8	8	-	8	10	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	-	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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