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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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Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5

ENE
4.0

E
0.4

SSW
3.0

W
4.0

W
4.5

W
4.0

W
4.0

WSW
3.5

WSW
1.6

WSW
0.6

SW
3.0

W
2.5

WSW
3.0

WSW
2.5

W
2.3

WSW
2.1

WSW
1.6

W
1.3

W
0.6

SW
1.2

SSW
3.5

SSW
Period(s) (?)11121512141416151314141310141313121212212018
Energy(?)481842148528165718724381936477405987616031351369346023231697114169947236811296548
Wind
(km/h)
30
20
35
15
20
20
5
5
20
30
15
25
20
5
5
10
10
5
10
5
10
15
Wind State(?)cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
crossoncross-
off
oncross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)

5:26AM
1.58
4:17PM
1.74

3:54AM
1.80
4:59PM
1.74

5:13AM
1.61
1:07PM
2.61
6:38PM
1.70

12:53PM
2.88
12:19AM
2.59

1:38PM
2.82
1:58AM
2.95

2:27PM
2.74
2:49AM
2.83

3:07PM
2.63

Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
0.46
11:35AM
0.26

10:33PM
0.31
10:07AM
0.22

11:18PM
0.29
11:31AM
0.21

12:46AM
0.24
6:49AM
0.25

6:05PM
0.24
8:26AM
0.23

7:48PM
0.39
8:21AM
0.36

8:39PM
0.51
9:00AM
0.40

9:24PM
0.57
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Summary
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Rain (mm)
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High °C
12111115141411131310810141413118910798
Low °C
1191114121210101398813121211699676
Chill °C (?)
99814121210131175712141310898785
Sunrise
-8:12--7:41--7:35--8:26--7:31--8:25--8:25--
Sunset
--5:09--5:16--5:19--5:22--5:20--5:23--5:17-
Swell1 (m) & direction
0.9

SW
4.0

E
0.4

SSW
3.0

W
4.0

W
4.5

W
4.0

W
4.0

WSW
3.5

WSW
1.6

WSW
0.6

SW
3.0

W
2.5

WSW
3.0

WSW
2.5

W
2.3

WSW
2.1

WSW
1.6

W
1.3

W
0.7

SW
1.4

E
3.5

SSW
Period (s)14121512141416151314141310141313121212121218
Swell2 (m) & direction
0.8

SSW
0.2

S

-
2.4

SW

-

-

-

-

-
0.9

WNW
0.2

SSW

-
1.2

SW

-

-
0.2

S
0.2

WSW
0.2

WSW
0.3

WSW
0.6

SW
1.2

SW
1.1

ESE
Period (s)1816-14-----88-14--6182626151511
Wind waves (m) & direction
4.5

ENE

-
4.0

ENE

-

-

-

-

-

-
1.9

NNE
0.4

WSW
2.4

W

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-
0.6

W

-
Period (s)11-12------6513--------4-

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