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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Te Araroa East Cape	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bland Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Langs beach Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 ENE	1.9 N	1.9 E	2.3 E	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.6 N	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 E	2.4 S
Period(s) (?)	12	13	15	13	13	13	15	14	10	9	12	12	11	11	13	14	13	15	15	13	10	10
Energy(?)	437	1712	2345	884	1059	945	1542	1463	918	681	1036	1461	940	1438	1309	1154	1260	736	1335	1094	574	1447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:57PM 3.15		1:09AM 2.79		3:03PM 2.01	3:15AM 1.95		3:36PM 1.87	3:48AM 1.82		2:47PM 2.78	3:01AM 2.75		3:24PM 2.29	2:39AM 2.11		3:02PM 2.21	3:39AM 2.00		6:23PM 1.51		4:17AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)			7:03PM 0.24	8:54AM 0.29		9:13PM 0.42	9:31AM 0.39		9:45PM 0.54	8:42AM 0.56		8:56PM 1.11	9:17AM 0.73		8:24PM 0.65	8:57AM 0.78		9:15PM 0.78	9:58AM 0.88		12:34AM 0.78	10:40AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	3	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	2
High °C	17	12	11	18	18	17	19	20	16	15	18	17	20	21	19	19	20	18	20	20	18	18
Low °C	17	12	10	15	17	15	18	19	15	13	17	17	17	20	17	19	20	17	18	20	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	11	10	18	18	17	18	20	16	15	17	16	20	21	19	19	20	18	20	20	18	18
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	7:32	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:17	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	2.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 E	1.9 N	0.4 SSW	2.3 E	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	1.5 N	1.4 N	1.6 N	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 E	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	12	13	15	13	13	13	15	14	10	9	10	12	11	11	13	14	13	12	15	13	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	-	1.8 W	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.5 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.3 NNW	0.3 SSW	1.4 N	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.9 SW	1.1 N	1.0 SW	0.8 NNE	0.5 E
Period (s)	15	-	13	5	6	16	-	11	12	12	15	11	14	12	11	11	11	15	12	16	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 NNE	1.8 ENE	-	1.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSE	-	-	2.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	3	4	6	10	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	10

	Saturday 04					Sunday 05								Monday 06								Tue
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland
Rating	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 NNE	2.4 NNE	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	15	14	15	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	14	10	10	13
Energy(?)	546	628	544	1103	3058	3437	3366	1272	1140	1336	1079	1002	1091	1060	1313	1694	1042	1382	1258	1203	1341	1086
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)		12:57PM 3.15					2:40AM 2.03				1:31PM 3.05							12:49PM 2.37				12:46AM 2.38
Low Tide / height (m)					8:37PM 0.31				8:48AM 0.29				7:37PM 0.36			6:51AM 0.36					8:51PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Temp. °C	16	16	17	12	11	10	10	10	9	20	20	17	17	17	17	17	17	19	18	17	17	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	11	9	8	8	8	7	20	20	17	17	17	16	16	16	18	17	17	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.5 W	1.4 W	1.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 W	1.5 W	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 NNE	2.4 NNE	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	15	14	15	14	15	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	15	14	14	14	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.0 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	-	-	0.4 SE	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.9 N	1.1 N	1.0 N	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.2 S	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	15	15	16	13	13	-	-	4	5	6	6	6	6	16	-	-	-	8	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	-	-	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	4	4	-	-	6

	Saturday 04																Sunday 05
	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	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland
Rating	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	0.5 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	371	546	437	179	1313	1414	1541	581	434	800	666	633	502	500	345	340	273	331	321	2046	2105	283
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								2:21PM 2.05										12:02AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)													7:03PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	17	17	14	14	19
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	10	10	11	11	11	12	16	17	17	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	13	13	19
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	0.7 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	7	11	11	12	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 N	0.5 SW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.1 N	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 N	1.0 NNE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	15	13	14	13	13	14	-	-	15	15	15	5	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	-	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	3	3	6	6	6

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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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