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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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7 day 48 hour

	Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thu
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Kingston Norfolk Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	8	5	8	7	7	9	8	8	6	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 E	1.8 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.7 WSW	5.0 ENE	3.5 E	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 E	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	17	17	16	14	11	12	12	11	13	16	15	15	14	13	12	10	10	13	12	13	13
Energy(?)	683	1821	1015	991	1004	5431	3344	4327	3678	4467	9447	8315	7105	4511	3344	2029	902	1883	3621	4451	3024	1544
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:30PM 1.49		5:03AM 1.27	12:29PM 1.98	12:37AM 2.02	11:34AM 2.69		11:52PM 2.81		12:15PM 2.72	1:58AM 2.06			2:41AM 2.06	7:49AM 1.84		8:57PM 1.48	6:28AM 1.67		7:18PM 1.66	7:02AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)	11:09AM 0.45		10:49PM 0.29	11:08AM 0.25		6:36PM 0.43	5:26AM 0.32	5:42PM 0.33		6:07AM 0.25		7:55PM 0.35	8:18AM 0.18	2:10PM 0.23	8:37PM 0.34		12:19PM 0.21			2:41PM 0.41	1:44AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	5	-	-	-	3	2	4	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	12	13	13	11	13	11	11	9	13	11	10	14	17	12	15	10	14	14	9	13	11
Low °C	13	12	12	13	10	11	9	10	8	13	10	10	11	17	11	10	9	13	14	7	10	9
Chill °C (?)	16	11	12	11	9	12	10	9	8	10	9	9	13	17	11	13	8	12	13	7	13	10
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:06	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.8 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 N	1.7 WSW	4.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E	3.0 E	3.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.7 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	17	17	7	14	10	12	11	11	12	16	15	15	14	13	12	14	10	13	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.5 WNW	1.2 NNW	1.4 W	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	1.2 SW	-	-	1.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 W
Period (s)	13	7	8	16	-	-	16	16	14	14	-	-	-	12	-	15	-	-	13	13	24	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	5.0 ENE	-	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	2.1 E	1.4 WNW	-	4.0 W	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	9	11	-	12	11	13	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	9	-	12	-	-

	Thursday 10							Friday 11								Saturday 12

Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	9	5	5	5	8	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.7 E	2.0 E	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 E	1.5 WSW	5.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 E	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	12	11	11	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	14	14	12	13	11	11	10	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	543	997	683	986	1821	1785	869	1015	1133	991	991	1173	1004	1810	778	5431	5156	1924	3344	2894	4327	3959
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:05AM 1.33						10:32PM 2.66					12:29PM 1.98									3:41PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)				10:22AM 0.28		5:56PM 0.49				4:45AM 0.41					6:36PM 0.43	11:25PM 0.60				11:37AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	13	14	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	10	11	14	10	13	11	13	9	14	11	9
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	12	10	10	11	8	9	12	8	12	9	13	8	14	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.7 E	2.0 E	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 NNW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 N	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.3 SSE	1.5 WSW	4.5 E	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 E	2.5 E	3.5 E	3.5 E
Period (s)	10	12	11	11	17	16	8	17	17	16	7	14	14	9	13	10	11	10	12	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.3 S	0.8 ENE	0.3 S	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.2 W	1.2 NNW	0.8 N	0.9 N	1.4 W	-	-	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	-	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	9	13	9	7	7	17	8	7	7	16	-	-	17	18	-	14	15	16	18	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	2.5 E	0.8 E	5.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	3.0 NE	-	3.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	12	4	11	11	9	-	11	12	12

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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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