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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	Sun		Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	10	12	11	13	15	14	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	13	14	17
Energy(?)	3525	1286	1111	5804	2335	3952	5896	5760	4425	4129	3459	3288	3170	2837	4484	2904	1121	2150	1760	1959	655	867
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:57PM 2.89		6:24AM 1.75		6:26PM 2.81	7:06AM 2.84		7:02PM 2.62	8:41AM 1.88	12:14PM 1.95	9:11PM 1.97	9:50AM 1.89		9:31PM 2.69	10:38AM 1.96		10:57PM 2.05	10:45AM 3.21		9:47PM 3.65	11:14AM 2.81	3:47PM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)		10:22PM 0.78		12:39PM 0.70	12:48AM 1.19		1:25PM 1.23	1:19AM 0.65				3:36AM 0.50	3:27PM 0.96		4:26AM 0.41	4:48PM 0.41		4:34AM 0.71	3:49PM 0.54		5:06AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	18	9	1	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	11	8	9	8	8	10	11	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	14	11	12	13	10	12	11
Low °C	11	6	9	8	6	6	11	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	13	9	11	13	8	11	11
Chill °C (?)	10	7	6	5	6	8	7	3	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	13	10	10	12	10	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 W	0.9 NNE	1.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 W
Period (s)	14	14	14	8	12	12	-	13	15	14	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	13	14	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.8 N	0.6 NW	1.0 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 SW	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	13	8	8	7	11	20	-	-	20	18	10	-	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	17	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 NNE	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.6 S	5.0 WSW	3.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	13	10	3	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Sunday 17	Monday 18	Tuesday 19	Wednesday 20
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	6	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 SW	2.3 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	4.0 SW	6.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	16	16	14	15	14	15	11	12	9	10	10	10	12	13	12	13	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1474	3187	4229	4155	1246	1434	1139	1392	1301	1085	1105	2335	1916	2587	3952	3813	3126	2092	4614	11167	1733	3253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)						5:49AM 2.83					6:51PM 1.80				7:41AM 1.75				6:47PM 3.18
Low Tide / height (m)								11:22AM 0.70	12:29PM 0.65	4:26PM 0.38			12:48AM 1.19				2:00PM 0.69				1:49AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	1	4	-	-	-	2	3	-	4	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	10	10	6	6	8	11	9	5	7	7	8	8	6	10	10	8	9	10	5	8
Chill °C (?)	10	9	8	8	4	4	6	10	8	3	4	5	7	5	3	8	9	6	7	7	2	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 W	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 W	1.9 SW	2.3 W	1.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	-	6.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 S
Period (s)	18	17	16	16	14	15	14	15	11	12	9	12	10	10	12	13	12	13	-	13	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 N	0.9 N	1.1 NNE	-	0.8 W	0.6 N	0.6 NNE	0.3 N	1.0 WSW	0.4 NE	0.8 WSW	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	11	-	16	8	8	6	13	9	13	11	-	-	20	20	-	-	-	-	23	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	10	-	-	3	3	-	-	12	-	-	12

	Sunday 17	Monday 18
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Charleston West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	6	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 SW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	14	14	15	15	15	16	14	15	15	16	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	1421	2692	3525	3477	1640	1449	1403	1920	1679	3441	1654	4155	1033	2076	3760	3569	3437	1386	1524	1632	1847	672
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)						5:05PM 2.82				9:27PM 1.72								5:49AM 2.83
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	3	6	-	-	1	-	1
High °C	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	9	8	9	10	7	9	10	10	10	6	12	14	9	8
Chill °C (?)	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	8	7	6	7	8	5	8	8	8	8	4	11	12	7	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	2.0 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 SW	1.9 W	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.7 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	19	18	14	14	15	15	15	16	14	15	15	16	14	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 N	1.1 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.9 N	0.4 NE	1.0 N	-	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 N	-	0.6 SSW	0.4 N	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	13	13	8	8	8	8	11	9	11	-	8	8	9	9	7	8	-	6	8	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NNE	-	-	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	-	1.1 SW	1.1 WNW	0.6 NNE	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	11	10	10	-	5	5	7	-

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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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