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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	Thu		Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Graveyards Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ocean Beach (Whangarei) Northland
Rating	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	7	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.1 S	0.3 SSE	5.0 NNW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 W	2.5 N	2.5 W	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 E	3.0 N
Period(s) (?)	14	11	14	12	12	14	14	12	10	11	11	13	9	12	13	12	13	14	13	13	12	10
Energy(?)	9461	4012	4478	2246	1643	1386	868	30	5662	4279	2713	2914	2178	2012	2921	1140	1365	1754	1197	1247	457	1858
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					9:55PM 1.94	8:33AM 2.77		8:59PM 3.05	9:19AM 2.98		10:35PM 3.24	10:53AM 3.17		10:11PM 3.43	10:29AM 3.37		6:03PM 1.37		1:20PM 2.04	7:30PM 1.60	9:57AM 1.27	4:38PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		10:05PM 0.37	8:34AM 0.16	3:45PM 0.51			2:47PM 0.34		3:12AM 0.25	3:25PM 0.24		4:45AM 0.70	5:01PM 0.70		4:23AM 0.34		12:19AM 0.22	7:15AM 0.24		1:44AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	25	2	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	6	-	15	6	5
High °C	11	12	11	11	8	14	12	10	13	11	10	12	13	10	11	14	10	18	13	14	13	17
Low °C	10	10	9	10	6	8	10	8	11	11	7	11	13	8	11	12	9	16	12	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	8	9	10	10	5	13	10	8	10	10	10	10	11	8	10	13	9	18	12	12	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	6:37	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NW	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 WSW	3.5 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 W	2.5 N	-	3.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 E	3.0 N
Period (s)	10	16	14	12	12	14	10	10	13	11	11	13	9	-	13	12	13	14	13	13	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	0.1 E	1.1 S	0.3 SSE	-	2.0 WNW	1.2 WSW	-	1.6 W	-	1.3 NNE	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.1 SW	0.8 N	0.1 NW	0.6 NE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	13	14	12	-	10	13	-	14	-	8	9	8	24	8	7	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	1.0 SSE	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	1.1 NE	5.0 NNW	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	1.1 N	1.1 NE	-
Period (s)	14	11	6	-	-	3	3	6	10	-	-	-	-	12	4	-	-	-	-	7	8	-

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaituna Cut Bay of Plenty	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 S	1.5 NNW	0.8 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.5 S	3.0 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	7	13	13	13	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	9	15
Energy(?)	61	234	239	6564	5209	5709	5257	3891	3278	3299	1538	1256	1025	1175	1029	1228	1096	1260	1168	1111	2229	1101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	high	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		3:48PM 1.67		9:09PM 1.86			7:59AM 2.71					9:20PM 3.12			8:43AM 3.15
Low Tide / height (m)			8:21PM 0.16						2:04PM 0.47							9:26AM 0.17		5:10PM 0.28		10:42PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	8	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	13	10	7	6	9	9	11	12	11	9	8	7	6	8	14	14	12	10	7	8	10
Chill °C (?)	17	12	8	5	3	7	6	10	12	9	8	7	5	4	6	13	12	10	7	4	6	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 S	1.5 NNW	0.8 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	1.9 WNW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 W	1.8 W	1.5 S	1.8 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	9	7	13	13	13	10	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.1 N	0.4 SW	1.6 NW	1.4 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 NW	-	0.2 S	0.3 NW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.8 S	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SW
Period (s)	12	11	7	10	10	10	9	10	-	7	10	-	9	-	-	5	15	15	15	14	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	3.0 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NNE	0.9 NE	0.8 NNE	3.0 SW	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	5	-	4	-	-	16	6	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	4	5	9	7

	Thursday 18											Friday 19
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	7AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaituna Cut Bay of Plenty	Tora Point Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	1	2	2	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	1.6 NNW	0.3 S	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	0.6 S	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	7	16	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	12	12	8	8	13	13	7	8	10
Energy(?)	44	253	78	9376	9602	2795	2972	2786	3017	3813	5055	4942	4942	3162	3162	647	636	2776	2557	678	55	2090
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								7:34PM 2.78													6:46AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)														1:49AM 0.82
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	18	15	15	11	10	12	11	11	12	11	9	8	7	11	11	9	9	4	4	10	12	7
Chill °C (?)	18	13	13	8	6	10	8	8	9	8	6	5	5	8	8	5	5	2	1	6	10	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.1 N	0.4 SSW	2.3 NW	2.1 NW	3.5 W	1.3 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 WSW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.6 S	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	11	10	10	10	11	8	8	8	17	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	13	13	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.5 NE	1.4 SW
Period (s)	6	10	16	-	-	-	18	17	17	17	-	-	-	16	16	8	14	9	10	10	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.6 NNW	1.0 WNW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	-	-	2.5 SSW	0.3 N	-
Period (s)	5	7	4	14	14	-	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	12	12	8	8	-	-	7	2	-

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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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