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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	Wed	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	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	Te Araroa East Cape	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Loisell's East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Three Points East Cape	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	The Box Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Scott Point Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	6	4	9	7	6	5	9	9	8	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NNE	2.3 N	1.1 SW	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.5 NNW	2.1 N	2.3 SW	0.9 N	4.5 SW	0.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 S	2.5 WSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	10	11	13	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	10	18	17	16	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Energy	1047	1267	532	671	724	671	1420	1107	1044	203	5156	1138	8775	6777	5719	3072	13111	9727	7382	6633	5048	3059
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:03PM 2.04	8:52AM 0.99	3:54PM 1.96	1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	10:46PM 2.17	10:10AM 1.49		11:56PM 1.65	7:09AM 1.55			4:22AM 1.73			8:50AM 1.60			3:31AM 2.06	4:28PM 2.13
Low Tide / height (m)				7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12			4:05AM 0.48	12:46PM 0.47			1:52PM 0.43	10:11PM 0.64	10:45AM 0.60	5:42PM 0.32	10:10PM 0.73		12:23PM 0.48	10:09PM 1.04	10:00AM 0.44		10:50PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	14	7	3	12	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	14	11	14	14	14	15	17	18	10	13	8	11	11	13	15	11	8	10	15	15	16	16
Low °C	12	11	14	13	14	14	15	15	9	12	7	11	9	12	12	10	6	8	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	9	14	13	13	15	16	18	7	11	4	8	10	12	15	10	5	10	14	15	16	15
Sunrise	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:18	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:21	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NNE	2.3 N	1.2 E	1.7 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 N	1.7 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.9 NE	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 S	2.5 WSW	5.0 SSW	2.3 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	10	11	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	20	18	17	16	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NNW	0.1 S	1.1 SW	1.2 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.9 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	11	13	8	9	9	11	11	15	8	10	9	12	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 NNW	2.1 N	2.3 SW	0.5 W	4.5 SW	1.9 SSW	-	-	4.0 S	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	-	-	-	-	8	9	9	3	10	9	-	-	11	-	-	16	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	9PM	0AM	3:45AM	6:45AM	9:45AM	12:45PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Loisell's East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 N	2.1 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.1 N	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.5 NNW	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	10	10	12	11	11	11	13	13	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9
Energy	1347	1047	1970	1606	1267	1020	532	789	1014	671	1056	682	724	702	671	728	728	1420	1096	1079	1107	1606
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)		9:03PM 2.04			8:52AM 0.99			5:26PM 1.72			12:41AM 2.87				1:50PM 2.89			10:46PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)			2:59AM 0.30						7:50PM 0.61				7:37AM 1.12				7:57PM 1.13			4:05AM 0.48		9:51AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	4	4	3	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	11	11	11	11	14	12	14	13	15	14	14	14	15	14	13	17	15	14	15	10
Chill °C (?)	14	13	8	9	9	10	14	11	13	12	14	13	13	13	15	14	13	16	14	13	14	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 N	2.1 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.1 N	1.2 E	1.3 ENE	1.9 NW	1.7 WNW	2.3 WNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.0 N	1.8 N	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	12	11	11	11	8	7	9	9	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	1.3 NNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.2 E	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 N	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	1.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SW
Period (s)	14	8	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	8	15	10	9	9	9	14	12	11	10	9	11	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	-	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	1.6 ENE	1.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NNW	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	3	4	-	3	5	5	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	9	9

	Wednesday 03					Thursday 04
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3:45AM	4:45AM	5:45AM	6:45AM	7:45AM	8:45AM	9:45AM	10:45AM	11:45AM	12:45PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Long Point Catlins	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.4 N	2.4 N	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	2.1 N	1.9 ENE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	13	13	13
Energy	2009	1375	1347	1347	1047	1047	1016	1023	1970	1937	1767	1606	1455	1429	1267	1161	1039	1020	943	822	532	536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:03PM 2.04											8:52AM 0.99							3:54PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)									2:59AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	13	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.4 N	2.4 N	2.3 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	2.1 N	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	-	-	3	3	3	3	5	5	5	5	8	7	-	-

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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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