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Note: for TC's see the Tropical Cyclone page and for Tsunami see the Earth Hazards page.

Wind

Surface Observations

Ocean surface wind mosaics for NZ and Oceanic areas here at W⁴ - data sourced via NOAA (see below)
ASCAT winds via NOAA - 20x30deg and 10x15deg tiles, also with storm data
ASCAT winds via KNMI - 25km and 12.5km resolution
WindSAT winds via NOAA - 20x30deg tiles, also with storm data

Forecasts

New Zealand MetService - homepage
» NZ MetService Marine Warnings (coastal and oceanic covering 25S-55S, 150E-120W)
» High Seas Forecasts - Subtropic, Forties, Pacific and Southern
» Coastal Forecasts
» Recreational Marine Forecasts - inshore forecasts
» Boating Forecasts
» Beach and Surf Forecasts

Fiji Meteorological Service - homepage s
» RSMC Nadi - Fiji Warnings and Advisories (tropics area covering Eq-25S, 160E-120W)
» see also SW Pacific forecasts for the "Islands" Marine Bulletin

Australia Bureau of Meteorology - homepage
» National Warnings Summary - including Ocean Wind Warnings
» High Seas Forecasts - NE and SE for western Tasman Sea

High Seas forecasts and warnings also available via OMM-JCOMM-GMDSS website for Metarea XIV (NZ/Fiji) and Metarea X (Aus)

Waves and Swell

Observations

surf.co.nz - reports and cams (may have to register for free)

Marsden Point - wave buoy, sea/swell info + spectra
Port of Tauranga - incl wave height, wind direcstion, tide and current information
Environment BoP - wave buoy
Port Taranaki - swell, wave, tide and wind data
Golden Bay - waves, wind, air and sea temps
Environment Canterbury - Directional Wave Recorder Buoy

NIWA sea levels and storm surge

Australia/NZ marine obs map - Oceanweather Inc.
South Pacific buoy/ship ob maps - Offshore Weather Data

Forecasts

NIWA Canterbury Wave Conditions

SwellMap - swell forecast charts from MetOcean Solutions Ltd.
Marineweather - with animated swell charts and graphs
SwellWatch - with North/South Island maps and bar graphs
BuoyWeather.com - NZ Virtual Buoy Map
FNMOC Wave Watch 3 - Global wave model (via "WW3" links)
» or straight to South Pacific maps or Australia/NZ of swell wave height and direction
NOAA Wavewatch III - Global wave model (interactive interface)
Oceanweather.com - wave height/direction for Australia/NZ

Tides

Land Information NZ - Tide Tables for standard and secondary ports
» see also standard port tide levels for spring/neap/astronomical tide levels
MetService - Tide Tables for selected locations (using LINZ data)
NIWA Tide Forecaster - with interactive map
OceanFun - NZ Tide Graphs

Sea surface temperatures

Latest 14 days of near real-time global sea surface temperatures (GHRSST) - interactive map, updated daily - via Aus Navy
Australian Bureau of Meteorology - monthly mean and anomaly (last month)

Ice and Polar Data

NOAA National Ice Center
» including products page with a link to a request form for ice edge text files (select ASCII)
» Antarctic Icebergs - current/recent positions
Polar View - with interactive map of the Antarctic ice edge
Daily Sea Ice Maps - Antarctic and Arctic maps, incl daily Antarctic ice concentration maps in blue-gray-white and false colour
» (the above links replace the AMSR-E products that failed on Oct 4, 2011, but are scheduled to be replaced in Q1 2012)

NCEP Global GFS Vessel Icing Forecasts - animations and static images

Antarctic real-time meteorological data - University of Wisconsin-Madison AWS and AMRC
» including AWS/Ship observations, satellite imagery and NWP data

Arctic Sea Ice News & Analysis - NSIDC, with daily ice extent graph

Ship Info

MarineTraffic.com - track ships in real-time
APRS Ship Tracking - tip: pan and zoom to Auckland