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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	Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Mon
	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	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Charleston West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	14	12	9	12	11
Energy(?)	1680	2035	1671	1057	1343	2903	1948	1612	1754	1621	1649	1367	1121	1398	942	939	1259	1553	571	2043	5094	1967
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:19PM 3.34	3:07AM 2.81		3:16PM 3.12	3:57AM 2.23		4:13PM 2.01		9:40AM 2.17	5:45PM 1.98	7:27PM 2.79	9:21AM 1.86		10:12PM 1.90	10:30AM 1.96		11:12PM 2.00			10:30PM 2.71	10:49AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)			9:00PM 0.40	9:14AM 0.94		9:40PM 0.46	10:16AM 0.62		10:00PM 0.45			1:45AM 1.23		3:50PM 0.39		4:23AM 0.51	4:53PM 0.26		7:46AM 0.21	4:24PM 0.75		4:35AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	19	14	12	16	17	19	22	20	20	13	17	16	22	20	18	13	18	9	11
Low °C	16	18	17	18	13	10	13	17	17	21	20	18	11	16	15	21	20	17	10	18	9	10
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	19	13	12	16	17	19	22	20	20	11	17	15	22	20	18	11	18	6	9
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	8:10	-	-	8:47	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:22	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:31	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	0.3 NE	0.2 N	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	14	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	12	13	13	13	13	14	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	-	-	0.2 N	0.8 WSW	-	0.6 ENE	0.8 WNW	0.3 S	0.5 NNE	-	0.5 NE	0.8 SSW	0.2 N	0.5 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.1 NE
Period (s)	6	-	-	12	18	-	5	8	7	12	-	8	16	12	5	16	16	-	5	15	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	12	9	12	-

	Monday 23					Tuesday 24								Wednesday 25								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 W	1.7 SW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	9	13	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1286	2477	1279	2108	1942	1521	1357	1255	1044	592	824	560	1769	2903	3095	3156	2712	2259	1536	1263	1563	1318
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			2:36PM 2.94				2:54AM 2.37				2:56PM 2.13	4:46PM 2.92				6:45AM 1.83				6:05PM 2.80
Low Tide / height (m)	8:33AM 0.69				8:42PM 0.73				8:24AM 0.42					12:36AM 0.56								12:07AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	20	18	19	17	17	16	17	17	15	20	18	12	10	10	10	13	19	19	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	20	18	19	16	17	16	17	17	14	20	18	12	9	9	10	12	19	19	18	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 W	1.7 SW	1.5 W	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	9	13	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	9	8	5	-	-	-	-	12	12	18	12	19	16	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-

	Monday 23																Tuesday 24
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 W	2.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1450	1815	1680	2064	2204	2253	2190	2041	2080	317	1999	411	495	430	430	495	697	775	317	222	328	276
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																						4:05AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)		8:18AM 0.71															11:31PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	18	16	19	19	18	18	20	20	21	19	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	18	16	19	19	18	18	20	20	21	19	15	12	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	14	14
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 W	2.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	14	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	7	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	0.1 S	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 SW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	8	8	6	8	8	-	-	13	-	8	13	8	-	-	-	-	16	16	11	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 W	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	11	11	11	11	5	-	-	-

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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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