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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	Mon	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Parengarenga Harbour Bar Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Forestry Northland	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui 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	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	9	7	9	8	7	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NE	2.3 NNE	2.2 N	1.6 ENE	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.6 NNW	1.8 NW	2.5 NE	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	8	10	9	8	10	9	10	10	11	12	17	18	19	17
Energy	3240	4030	3049	3030	1724	1867	1007	1195	542	563	544	543	1027	1488	1889	4167	10843	6163	10258	10075	8241	8937
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:09PM 2.37	8:41AM 1.81		8:22PM 1.69	9:18AM 1.59		9:03PM 2.04	8:52AM 0.99	5:41PM 2.18	1:21AM 2.99		12:49PM 2.81	2:40AM 1.81	9:29AM 1.23	4:05PM 1.72			2:20PM 2.48	7:58PM 1.55	3:46AM 2.34	3:02PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)	2:57AM 0.65		2:40PM 0.31	2:36AM 0.38	3:10AM 0.40	3:19PM 0.31				7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12		8:32PM 0.62	3:32AM 0.28		10:12PM 0.63	8:18AM 0.71		2:25AM 0.46	10:07AM 0.61		9:28PM 0.77
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	49	-	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	16	7	-	14	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	16	16	17	15	11	13	14	14	14	12	15	11	8	14	15	11	13	15	12
Low °C	15	17	17	14	14	14	13	11	12	13	13	14	11	14	9	6	12	12	10	11	15	10
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	16	16	17	15	8	12	13	13	14	12	15	9	6	14	15	9	12	13	11
Sunrise	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NE	2.3 NNE	2.2 N	1.1 E	1.7 WNW	1.8 NW	1.2 N	1.8 NW	1.7 ENE	1.2 SW	2.1 SSW	4.5 WSW	0.1 W	2.2 SSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	8	10	9	8	10	9	10	10	11	25	18	18	19	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.6 SSW	1.1 N	1.0 N	0.1 N	0.5 W	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 ENE	2.1 W	1.3 SW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	13	11	13	7	8	11	13	12	15	23	-	7	10	9	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	1.6 ENE	-	-	1.6 NNW	1.4 NNE	2.5 NE	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	8	-	-	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	17	-	11	-

	Mon	Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9:45AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Parengarenga Harbour Bar Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Waiapu River East Cape	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Cannibal Bay Catlins
Rating	4	5	7	9	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	4.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.2 ENE	3.0 NE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 NNE	2.1 NE	2.3 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.7 N	2.2 N	1.7 ENE
Period(s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	7
Energy	1517	3240	9302	9440	4030	3152	3049	1000	2255	3030	2171	3197	1724	1523	1867	2059	1365	1007	877	708	1195	582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	low
High Tide / height (m)		9:09PM 2.37			8:41AM 1.81				8:25PM 1.71					9:18AM 1.59				9:03PM 2.04			8:52AM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)							2:40PM 0.31													3:20AM 0.65		11:30AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	13	25	23	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	17	16	17	18	19	17	15	15	14	15	14	16	17	14	12	15	14	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	15	17	16	17	18	19	16	15	15	14	14	14	16	17	13	11	15	14	12	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNW	-	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.2 ENE	3.0 NE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 NNE	2.1 NE	2.3 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.7 N	2.2 N	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	10	-	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	2.0 ENE	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	1.5 N	0.2 S	0.3 NW	1.1 NE	0.1 E	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	10	10	13	9	9	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.6 S	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-	-	4	7

	Monday 01					Tuesday 02
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Parengarenga Harbour Bar Northland	Parengarenga Harbour Bar Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland
Rating	4	5	7	9	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	1651	1651	1517	1485	1534	3240	3240	4300	9302	9201	9697	9440	9090	8993	4030	3895	7047	3152	3059	3140	3049	3049
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															8:41AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)										3:06AM 0.85											2:40PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	3	4	6	8	-	9	17	10	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 NNW	2.5 N	-	-	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	-	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	-	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	-	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	10	10	10	11	11	11	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-

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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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