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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	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Taupo Bay Northland	Forestry Northland	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Smithfield Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	2	5	9	9	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.2 N	1.6 ENE	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NNW	2.4 N	1.3 W	1.6 W	3.0 WSW	1.1 NW	3.5 S	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	7	9	9	9	10	9	11	11	10	8	10	17	18	17	17
Energy	3774	3074	3034	1555	1799	1047	1174	508	622	676	686	1000	1364	789	1137	1604	341	3497	10152	8520	13470	9560
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	9:04AM 2.20		8:22PM 1.69	9:18AM 1.59		9:03PM 2.04	8:52AM 0.99	5:41PM 2.18	1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	2:40AM 1.81	10:40AM 1.51	2:36PM 2.80	1:47AM 2.60			8:49PM 2.00	4:22AM 1.73	3:16PM 2.46		3:22AM 3.01
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40PM 0.31	2:36AM 0.38	3:10AM 0.40	2:48PM 0.27				7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12		8:32PM 0.62	4:47AM 0.42		7:35PM 0.67	8:58AM 0.67	5:31PM 0.60	3:00AM 0.88	10:45AM 0.60		9:12PM 1.06	9:44AM 0.95
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	15	8	5	34	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	15	16	17	14	12	13	14	15	14	12	17	13	12	12	15	8	12	14	15	15
Low °C	17	16	14	14	15	12	11	12	13	14	13	11	16	12	10	12	13	6	9	12	15	14
Chill °C (?)	18	19	15	16	16	14	10	12	14	14	14	10	16	12	12	12	15	6	11	13	13	14
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:14	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:14	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:53	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.2 N	1.1 ENE	1.9 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NNW	1.9 NNE	1.3 W	1.7 NW	0.9 NNW	1.2 NNE	1.6 SSE	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	7	9	9	9	10	8	11	10	9	8	12	17	18	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.2 E	1.2 NW	1.6 W	0.1 W	1.1 NW	0.1 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	13	11	13	10	9	12	12	10	10	11	24	8	10	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	1.6 ENE	0.6 N	-	-	-	2.4 N	-	-	3.0 WSW	0.4 S	3.5 S	-	0.8 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	7	7	-	-	-	9	-	-	10	3	10	-	11	-	-

	Tuesday 02					Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Fri
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3:45AM	6:45AM	9:45AM	12:45PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Taupo Bay Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Motiti Island - Ernies Bay of Plenty	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	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.5 N	2.4 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	1.6 ENE	1.5 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 NW
Period(s)	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	7	9	10	9
Energy	3774	3210	3074	1000	1140	3034	4072	3571	1555	1788	1799	1989	1201	1047	1828	1481	1174	1032	508	582	636	622
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)					6:39PM 1.42					9:18AM 1.59				9:03PM 2.04			8:52AM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)			2:40PM 0.31				2:11AM 0.33				2:48PM 0.27				2:59AM 0.30						6:02PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	4
Temp. °C	17	18	19	17	17	14	15	14	14	16	17	15	14	13	12	12	12	11	13	13	16	14
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	16	16	14	14	13	14	16	16	14	14	13	10	10	10	9	12	12	16	14
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.5 N	2.4 N	2.2 N	2.1 N	1.1 ENE	1.5 WNW	1.8 W	1.9 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	7	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	-	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	12	-	11	11	-	10	10	10	14	13	12	11	11	10	13	14	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	1.6 ENE	1.3 N	-	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	-	3	3	4	7	8	-	7

	Tuesday 02																	Wednesday 03
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Taupo Bay Northland	Whananaki bar Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Pauanui Beach Coromandel	Forestry Northland	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Waiapu River East Cape	Waiapu River East Cape
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	5.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	4043	8531	3774	8851	8753	3210	3269	10464	3074	4451	4420	1000	1039	1079	1140	3678	3259	3034	2467	2295	4072	4027
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)													6:39PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)									2:40PM 0.31												2:11AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	17	18	18	18	19	19	19	17	17	17	16	17	17	15	14	14	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	18	16	18	18	18	19	19	19	17	17	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	4.0 NE	3.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 ENE	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NE	2.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	13	13	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 NNE	-	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	-	-	5.0 NNE	-	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	11	-	11	11	-	-	11	-	10	10	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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