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 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Dunedin - Blue Tops Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty	Loisell's East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 NNE	2.1 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 ENE	1.2 NE	1.8 NW	1.8 NE	0.6 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	15	13	15	14	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	8	11	12
Energy(?)	1377	1455	436	1062	1682	562	1918	1505	287	2341	1185	1042	981	1111	536	1233	1346	1455	340	447	743	244
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:34PM 2.72	12:03PM 3.16		11:09PM 2.70	11:31AM 2.82		11:27PM 2.21	12:08PM 2.77		3:04AM 1.85		3:18PM 1.85	2:10AM 2.45		2:36PM 2.42	1:45AM 2.42		4:42PM 1.71	2:34AM 2.34		2:42PM 2.08	3:18AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)		5:58AM 1.02	5:08PM 0.42		5:19AM 0.36	5:22PM 0.59		5:56AM 0.41	6:20PM 0.44	8:51PM 0.41	7:47AM 1.10		8:03PM 0.55	6:54AM 0.67		7:46PM 0.64	7:59AM 0.63		8:35PM 0.69	9:00AM 0.76		9:08PM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	3
High °C	15	20	14	15	16	16	18	19	14	10	17	17	17	21	20	17	20	17	16	16	21	13
Low °C	14	19	13	13	16	15	17	19	11	8	16	16	16	19	18	16	19	16	15	16	20	8
Chill °C (?)	14	20	13	14	16	15	18	19	13	7	16	16	16	21	20	16	20	16	15	15	21	11
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NE	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 NNE	2.1 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 ENE	1.2 NE	1.8 NW	1.8 NE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	15	-	15	14	13	9	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	8	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	-	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.6 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	0.9 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	10	18	7	12	-	11	11	9	-	-	-	11	12	9	15	15	11	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	0.4 NE	3.0 SW	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NNW	-	-	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	13	-	-	3	12	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	6

	Thu	Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sunday 23
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bluecliffs Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1581	1025	1242	1102	1099	1537	1560	1090	1537	3108	1075	3302	1332	1483	1337	1091	1121	3110	1061	1087	1505	1378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:48PM 3.14				10:36AM 2.33								11:09AM 2.33								11:43AM 2.31
Low Tide / height (m)				4:44AM 0.34				5:08PM 0.42								5:44PM 0.45				6:06AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	15	13	14	14	17	20	20	17	18	8	12	8	15	20	15	17	15	9	14	14	19	19
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	14	17	20	20	17	18	6	12	6	15	20	15	17	14	7	14	14	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.1 N	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 NE	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	0.3 S	0.7 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	-	8	7	7	7	10	10	-	-	-	6	-	6	9	8	-	-	13	-	5	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 20	Friday 21
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Bluecliffs Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	1631	1113	1581	1398	1377	1933	1933	1242	1816	3614	928	2268	1115	1559	1407	1099	988	539	1013	1411	1560	1604
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				10:34PM 2.72												10:56AM 2.84
Low Tide / height (m)											5:58AM 1.02											4:47PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	15	15	15	18	17	15	15	12	12	11	14	18	17	18	18	12	19	18	20	20
Chill °C (?)	16	14	14	15	15	18	17	15	15	10	12	9	14	18	17	18	18	11	19	18	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.8 W	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	-	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	-	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	-	-	-	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	-	0.3 NW	-	0.3 NW	0.6 NE	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	-	0.1 N	0.6 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	10	10	7	7	-	8	-	7	10	7	7	7	18	-	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	-	0.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	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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