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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	Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Sat
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Stent Road Taranaki	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Graveyards Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 WNW	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 N	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	13	12	10	10	9	9	11	8	11	9	11	13	13	13	12	15	15	12
Energy(?)	2887	5292	2243	1900	2107	980	426	804	502	570	840	444	1081	1005	823	891	826	1232	1112	564	4317	1066
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				6:19AM 1.28		8:03PM 3.02	10:16AM 1.83		9:59PM 3.03	10:20AM 3.03		8:42PM 2.31	9:43AM 2.62		9:58PM 2.70	10:15AM 2.49			10:56AM 2.84	6:51PM 1.27		4:50AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)		2:54PM 0.69	12:01AM 0.47		1:57PM 0.93	2:20AM 0.77	4:05AM 0.61	4:26PM 0.60		4:10AM 1.07	4:29PM 1.05	2:56AM 0.32		4:14PM 0.67		4:07AM 0.28	4:30PM 0.37	11:03PM 0.36	4:44AM 0.34		12:58AM 0.28	11:03AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	18	12	11	17	19	16	21	19	15	23	19	18	21	16	13	19	19	19	21	18	11	19
Low °C	18	12	9	15	17	12	18	19	13	21	19	17	19	15	11	18	19	19	21	15	8	18
Chill °C (?)	17	9	10	17	19	16	21	19	14	23	18	18	21	16	12	19	19	19	21	17	9	19
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:03	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:54	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:14	-	-	9:08	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 WNW	1.7 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 N	1.5 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	14	15	13	12	13	12	10	10	9	9	11	8	11	9	11	13	13	13	12	15	16	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	0.1 W	-	0.8 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	1.4 W	1.2 NNW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	15	22	-	6	8	10	8	13	13	14	11	9	8	7	10	10	11	11	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	1.6 ENE	-	-	1.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	-	-	6	10	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	15	-

	Saturday 15							Sunday 16								Monday 17
	4AM	7AM	9AM	12PM	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 NE	1.3 WSW	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	8	12	10	10	10
Energy(?)	3443	2952	1074	1083	3520	3247	3902	3049	2043	1624	1248	1735	2036	1265	1217	1449	1191	1403	527	1040	1175	1289
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							9:07PM 1.80				8:57AM 2.86				8:04PM 2.55				8:33AM 2.58		3:49PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	2:29AM 0.67			11:12AM 0.56	1:01PM 1.05				2:45AM 1.16				1:50PM 0.62				2:15AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	18	18	16	17	10	9	10	9	12	18	17	15	16	15	16	12	16	22	20	18
Chill °C (?)	6	5	18	18	16	17	8	8	10	8	12	18	17	15	16	14	16	11	16	22	20	18
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 ENE	1.3 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	8	12	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 SW	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.7 NW	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 SW	-	0.1 N	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 S	0.9 WNW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	8	9	-	-	9	-	20	19	19	15	-	18	-	22	21	10	8	12	6	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NE	0.4 NE	2.5 NE	-	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	8	-	10	10	10

	Saturday 15
	2AM	3AM	3AM	4AM	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dunedin - Ocean View Otago
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 E	2.5 WSW	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	11	13	11	11	8
Energy(?)	4109	3723	843	843	2894	3074	2952	2857	2096	2096	2096	2760	3813	2862	2431	3172	3125	422	2248	633	681	346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						6:46AM 2.82		8:42AM 1.73											7:17PM 2.49
Low Tide / height (m)		2:29AM 0.67										12:18PM 0.65								8:31PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	8	18	18	16	16	9	10	11	11	12	18	16	15	16	17	17	11	15	14	13	9
Chill °C (?)	6	6	18	18	15	15	7	8	8	8	10	17	15	13	15	17	16	11	14	13	13	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 W	0.1 N	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.0 E	2.5 WSW	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	0.8 E
Period (s)	13	12	9	9	14	14	12	11	12	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	11	13	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.2 N	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	11	14	14	-	-	11	8	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	6	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.9 W	1.9 W	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8

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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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