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 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	4	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	6	4	8	6	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	0.8 N	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	3.0 NW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	15	13	8	13	12	12	12	10	11	7	12	11	9	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1140	480	1602	1643	979	590	805	678	474	425	90	1901	2617	1576	9107	7939	3817	4975	2424	1949	1738	857
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	on	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	3:55AM 2.90	5:24AM 2.84	5:44PM 2.35		5:11AM 2.41	5:35PM 2.80		11:31AM 1.67	6:35PM 2.48		8:06AM 2.31		7:48PM 2.56	7:47AM 2.15		8:14PM 2.92	9:01AM 2.95		9:05PM 2.61	9:15AM 2.31		9:28PM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)		11:34AM 1.24		12:09AM 1.22	11:23AM 0.82		9:59PM 0.68	5:12AM 0.41		12:57AM 0.75		2:15PM 0.75	2:13AM 0.88		2:01PM 0.69	2:30AM 0.88		3:12PM 0.93	3:17AM 0.59		3:31PM 0.55	3:45AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	35	45	-	-	5	3	-	-	3	3
High °C	16	23	20	19	22	22	18	21	16	17	24	12	13	16	15	12	16	16	13	16	16	16
Low °C	14	19	18	15	19	21	16	19	16	16	22	11	13	14	14	10	15	15	11	15	16	13
Chill °C (?)	14	23	20	19	22	22	18	21	16	17	24	10	12	15	14	10	16	16	11	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	6:03	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:44	-	-	9:35	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:23	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	0.9 ENE	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	-	2.4 N	3.0 NW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	9	13	8	8	12	12	12	10	11	7	-	10	9	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.8 N	0.2 NNW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SE	-	2.4 WNW	0.5 WSW	1.4 N	0.8 NNE	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	16	15	16	13	13	14	-	-	16	19	8	-	11	12	8	8	12	12	12	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	0.3 S	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	1.8 W	-	0.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	-
Period (s)	6	3	6	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	12	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	7	7	-

	Thu	Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	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	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Belt Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 N	2.1 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	10	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1561	1384	1725	1135	1341	1580	391	1034	1279	1219	1162	1089	1172	1531	1083	1026	538	503	617	666	678	603
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:24AM 2.84			2:57PM 2.40					6:12AM 2.29				5:20PM 2.89				6:00AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)	9:47PM 0.94	11:12PM 1.12				10:20AM 1.02				11:04PM 0.71				11:05AM 0.69				11:55PM 1.01				12:08PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	12	12	10	18	20	23	13	15	15	13	14	18	22	22	18	17	18	16	16	19	21
Chill °C (?)	17	11	10	9	18	20	23	11	14	14	13	14	18	22	22	18	16	18	16	16	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 W	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.8 N	0.7 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	8	13	15	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	1.5 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.1 NW	1.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.8 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	15	16	16	13	16	8	10	15	15	15	15	15	8	14	7	14	14	5	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.5 E
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	7	7	-	-	4	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	3	3

	Thursday 11				Friday 12
	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	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Belt Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 N	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	13	13	13	14	13	16	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1538	1545	2131	1528	1126	1140	672	505	4066	4066	1463	1317	1698	1575	1613	1596	1604	1580	1351	3685	3703	3721
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										4:10AM 2.51	5:12AM 2.36											4:22PM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)																10:05AM 1.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	13	13	14	14	18	10	14	15	12	12	17	17	17	18	20	20	20	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	13	11	12	12	12	18	7	12	13	10	11	16	16	16	17	20	20	20	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:34	9:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.3 NNW	2.4 WSW	0.3 NNW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.1 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	15	15	13	15	14	13	9	14	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.2 N	0.4 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.8 N	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	1.5 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	12	12	15	12	16	16	16	11	-	-	16	16	-	16	16	15	16	16	8	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	2.1 WSW	-	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 S	1.4 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 S	-	-	1.5 SSE	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	5	13	-	13	6	6	3	5	13	13	-	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	6	13	13	13

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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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