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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	Sat		Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Beatons Southland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Bowentown Bar Bay of Plenty	Porridge Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	2	4	3	2	5	4	6	4	4	2	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	1.2 S	0.8 S	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	0.2 SSE	1.6 S	1.1 NNW	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 SSE	3.5 WNW	0.9 SW	2.5 W	1.1 SW	3.0 W	3.5 W
Period(s) (?)	8	11	14	12	7	8	11	11	11	10	7	7	10	13	16	6	11	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	951	1441	441	1349	289	194	411	666	389	10	301	243	1991	2470	2486	356	2715	290	2223	412	3237	4240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:51PM 1.73	10:57PM 3.24	11:13AM 3.44		12:57AM 2.10	5:19AM 2.25		12:10AM 3.28	11:15AM 1.71		12:49AM 3.25	12:46PM 2.33		1:38AM 2.73	8:33AM 1.63		10:16PM 1.26	10:08AM 1.45		2:23AM 1.09	10:55AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)			5:06AM 0.70			11:25AM 0.98	6:03PM 0.80		4:43AM 0.30	6:43PM 0.81		6:38AM 0.57		7:38PM 0.48		2:51PM 0.39			4:30PM 0.24		4:40AM 0.25	1:03PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	1	-	23	1	2	-	5	4
High °C	12	18	20	18	9	20	19	20	26	16	22	22	14	12	14	18	13	12	12	10	11	14
Low °C	12	16	20	18	8	17	18	19	22	15	19	21	13	9	12	18	12	11	12	7	11	14
Chill °C (?)	9	18	20	18	8	20	19	20	26	14	22	22	12	10	13	17	11	11	10	9	9	13
Sunrise	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:00	-
Sunset	9:27	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:42	-	-	8:15	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 N	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.2 S	0.8 S	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	0.2 SSE	1.6 S	0.8 N	1.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.2 W	0.7 SSE	0.2 N	0.9 SW	2.5 W	1.1 SW	3.0 W	3.5 W
Period (s)	10	14	11	12	7	8	11	11	11	10	7	7	19	13	11	10	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.6 N	0.7 SE	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.5 S	0.4 NNE	-	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-
Period (s)	17	14	14	13	8	9	10	5	9	-	10	13	-	17	16	7	-	-	-	-	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NE	-	0.3 NE	2.5 WNW	-	1.1 NNW	2.5 W	-	0.5 N	1.6 SSE	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	11	-	-	-	3	3	-	9	8	-	7	10	-	4	6	11	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 20			Sunday 21								Monday 22									Tue
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	0.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 SW	1.6 SSE	2.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	8	8	11	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	9	11	8
Energy(?)	784	1336	1358	1018	538	1153	1703	1486	586	1180	1180	1112	964	581	558	558	282	593	591	1248	666	1565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	high
High Tide / height (m)				12:44AM 1.96		4:40AM 2.26		11:13AM 3.44				11:13PM 2.24							7:33PM 1.32			4:01AM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		4:49PM 0.80								5:25PM 0.79				5:52AM 0.39		12:40PM 0.40	2:08PM 0.27				1:40AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	19	17	9	11	8	17	18	21	18	16	17	17	14	9	14	21	19	19	13	20	14
Chill °C (?)	13	19	17	7	11	5	17	18	21	18	16	17	17	14	8	13	21	19	19	12	20	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	0.1 N	2.0 W	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	0.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSE	1.9 E
Period (s)	8	11	11	10	8	6	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	9	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.6 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 SE
Period (s)	13	15	15	12	12	11	13	13	8	13	13	13	12	8	8	8	9	5	6	10	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	1.2 NNE	1.4 NNE	2.3 SW	1.0 N	2.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	-	-	8	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	9	6	8

	Saturday 20										Sunday 21
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	7AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.4 S	1.1 S	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	11	8	9	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	9	7	8	9	8	8	9	8	10
Energy(?)	398	1382	1344	951	1047	695	1297	1312	393	1358	1441	1407	1290	1173	376	337	761	274	252	40	228	908
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										10:57PM 3.24								6:30AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	20	20	12	13	10	18	18	21	17	17	18	18	14	9	9	9	10	11	16	12	10
Chill °C (?)	12	20	20	9	10	7	18	18	21	17	16	18	18	12	5	6	8	8	9	16	10	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 ESE	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 SSW	2.2 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.3 SE	0.4 SSE	1.4 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	2.1 SW
Period (s)	8	11	11	10	16	10	11	11	12	11	14	11	11	13	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 N	-	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.8 SW	0.2 NNW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	13	16	16	17	-	9	15	15	8	15	14	15	14	14	9	8	11	12	12	7	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	-	-	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	-	-	2.5 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	1.1 S	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	8	9	12	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	9	7	8	9	8	8	-	8	-

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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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