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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	Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Fri
	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	Anaura Bay East Cape	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Shingles West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	4	5	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ENE	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 S	1.7 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 ENE	2.0 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	14	14	14	8	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	10	7	16	9	9	11	11	10
Energy(?)	612	962	1128	534	8705	1821	461	1541	1695	1515	2020	1257	559	963	294	496	361	119	126	2033	2291	1388
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:18PM 1.99	12:50AM 1.32		1:13PM 1.45	7:34PM 1.75	8:19AM 1.81		7:22PM 2.92	7:57AM 2.89		9:35PM 1.96	12:42PM 1.88		10:37PM 2.12	11:01AM 2.14		10:07PM 3.33	10:37AM 3.33		9:46PM 2.87	9:42AM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)	8:26AM 0.62			6:50AM 0.28		1:58AM 0.43		1:35PM 0.49	1:42AM 0.87		4:57PM 0.55	3:54AM 0.28	6:30AM 0.19	4:26PM 0.23		4:54AM 0.21	6:45PM 0.36		4:23AM 0.58	4:32PM 0.06	4:00AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	7	1	-	-	4	1	24	6	12	6	23	1	2	3	2
High °C	26	14	13	16	15	14	22	16	17	18	19	20	13	19	18	16	11	12	14	15	14	14
Low °C	24	13	10	16	13	12	20	15	15	17	19	19	11	18	17	14	11	11	12	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	26	13	12	15	15	14	22	14	16	18	19	20	13	18	18	15	8	10	13	13	12	13
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	9:04	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:32	-	-	8:25	-	-	9:12	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	2.2 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 S	1.7 WSW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.8 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	3.0 W	3.0 W	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	11	14	14	14	8	13	13	12	12	12	10	11	5	9	7	9	9	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	1.2 WSW	0.7 NE	-	0.8 NW	0.6 E	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.9 WNW	1.0 ENE	1.1 WNW	0.8 ENE	0.4 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.5 N	0.6 SSW	0.6 N	0.7 S	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	8	12	11	-	9	10	13	10	9	9	8	11	7	10	8	8	7	9	8	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.6 NW	3.0 W	-	-	2.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WNW	1.3 NE	2.0 NNW	-	1.0 N	0.4 SW	0.6 E	-	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	14	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	7	-	5	4	3	-	10

	Friday 28							Saturday 29								Sunday 30
	2AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	O'Neills Bay Auckland	Scott Point Northland
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 NE	1.7 ENE	2.5 W	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1698	773	612	1066	552	1428	1123	1386	1032	1054	3099	6772	1751	5289	4486	3890	3139	1837	1476	1609	1237	1999
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				12:15PM 1.40		6:32PM 1.70				5:58AM 2.72	8:41AM 2.12				7:40PM 1.78			6:59AM 2.78				5:23PM 2.28
Low Tide / height (m)		6:53AM 0.60						12:09AM 0.52									3:32AM 0.59			12:45PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	1	1	1
Temp. °C	13	20	24	22	24	15	13	10	11	11	13	12	13	15	13	12	12	12	16	16	19	18
Chill °C (?)	13	20	24	22	24	14	12	10	11	11	11	12	13	15	12	10	12	11	16	15	19	18
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.6 SW	2.1 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.0 W	3.0 W	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	14	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.4 WNW	0.4 N
Period (s)	10	15	11	10	10	12	12	8	8	9	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	9	10	13	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SW	0.5 W	-	1.9 NE	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 W	0.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	1.1 NNW	0.5 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	9	3	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	14	5	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	6

	Friday 28
	0AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Te Araroa East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	O'Neills Bay Auckland	Scott Point Northland
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	4	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	1.6 W	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	3.0 W	0.6 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	10	7	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	1497	859	764	523	738	81	1022	830	642	631	1264	100	639	1417	1476	1373	1428	624	645	508	201	394
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)						6:17AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)												12:28PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	12	18	18	20	18	10	11	14	16	17	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	18	19
Chill °C (?)	11	18	18	20	18	7	7	13	15	16	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	16	15	15	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.3 SW	-	1.6 W	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.4 W	1.1 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	9	10	10	10	10	10	-	9	9	9	13	8	10	-	-	-	12	9	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	-	1.6 NNW	1.2 W	1.2 W	-	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	1.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	10	12	11	11	11	13	-	9	10	10	-	12	13	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	-	-	-	3.0 W	0.4 WNW	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	3	-	-	-	7	8	-	-	-	9	3	7	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-

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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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