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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	Fri		Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Fri
	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	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Red Island Hawkes Bay	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	4	4	7	7	6	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	2.5 W	2.1 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.2 NNW	0.8 E	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	4.5 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	14	14	15	14	14	13	12	10	11	11	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1380	1870	1316	4973	6039	6705	4352	3986	2653	1975	4520	2056	1144	2484	257	215	1942	3180	3178	6029	7025	3003
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:57PM 2.21	8:23AM 1.61		8:54PM 1.69	9:03AM 1.60	1:13PM 2.32	10:12PM 1.53		1:09PM 2.12	1:32AM 2.07		3:00PM 2.15	1:53AM 3.18		2:33PM 3.07			2:24PM 2.76	1:29AM 1.52		4:37PM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)	5:49PM 0.04			2:35PM 0.10	3:02AM 0.23				9:19AM 0.28		7:21PM 0.29	7:45AM 0.31		7:40PM 0.82	8:46AM 0.43		9:16PM 0.54	9:22AM 1.00			9:15AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	4	12	1	6	35	12	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	1
High °C	21	11	10	12	10	13	15	14	16	21	19	15	21	18	16	20	13	14	14	13	12	13
Low °C	21	9	9	11	9	10	15	13	14	20	17	14	20	16	15	17	12	14	13	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	21	9	8	11	8	12	14	13	16	21	19	15	21	17	16	20	12	12	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	5:28	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.5 W	2.1 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	0.1 NE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.1 NE	2.2 SE	1.2 NNW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	3.0 S	3.5 S	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	14	14	15	14	14	13	12	10	12	10	8	10	10	10	9	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.2 WSW	0.3 SE	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	1.6 NW	1.3 NNW	-	-	0.1 NE	1.3 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.6 SSE	-	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 E	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	21	12	18	16	-	8	8	-	-	13	8	10	12	11	10	-	8	8	9	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 S	-	2.2 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 SSW	4.5 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	13	12	-	11	11	6	4	10	10	10	11	11	11

	Friday 17				Saturday 18							Sunday 19									Mon
	3PM	6PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Beatons Southland	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Marokopa Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	5	5	7	5	6	5	5	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 W	2.3 S	2.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 SSE	3.0 WSW	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	14	13
Energy(?)	3647	3529	1359	1359	1236	1103	2209	1624	1491	4808	5837	6039	4242	3148	6705	3659	5223	3097	3248	5756	3472	1317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				8:13PM 1.64				9:13AM 1.26	1:43PM 2.64			11:59PM 2.15	12:45AM 2.27			11:45AM 3.47	12:20PM 2.18			9:37PM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)		5:49PM 0.04				2:19AM 0.24	6:14AM 0.01			5:48PM 0.14				5:32AM 0.44	6:07AM 0.16			5:57PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	7	1	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	1	-	-	4	1	2	-	-	2	-	1	-
Temp. °C	13	13	21	21	21	21	9	12	11	11	10	10	8	11	10	14	14	13	14	18	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	21	21	21	21	7	12	10	10	8	8	6	10	8	13	13	12	13	18	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 W	1.3 SSE	2.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 SSE	3.0 WSW	1.8 W
Period (s)	14	15	13	13	13	13	12	11	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.1 NE	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	1.6 W	1.1 WSW	-	1.0 N	-	1.1 N	-	1.2 N	1.4 NNW	1.5 S	1.2 NNW	1.2 NW
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	14	14	8	18	18	15	16	-	8	-	9	-	9	8	15	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 S	0.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	11	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	3

	Friday 17											Saturday 18
	1PM	2PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	7PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	6AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Beatons Southland	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Marokopa Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	5	5	7	5	6	5	5	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 W	1.6 S	2.1 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.2 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 S	1.8 WSW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	7	12	10	10	10	12	9	11	9	12	11	10	6	13	11
Energy(?)	412	431	903	903	1380	1380	2385	238	1195	3463	6038	3111	1851	2193	2294	2193	2650	1927	755	229	1765	1945
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)												11:18PM 2.12	12:01AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)			1:57PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	1	-	1	1	2	2	1	1	-	-	1
High °C	13	13	21	21	21	21	12	15	11	14	14	14	10	16	13	15	13	15	17	19	14	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	21	21	21	21	10	14	9	12	13	13	8	14	12	13	11	14	15	18	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	0.1 NE	2.1 W	1.3 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	3.5 WNW	2.5 W	2.4 NW	1.9 WSW	0.4 NE	1.8 WSW	2.4 NW
Period (s)	14	14	10	10	13	13	-	6	12	13	10	10	12	9	11	9	12	8	10	6	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.1 E	0.1 W	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 W	1.7 NNW	0.1 W	0.4 WSW	2.2 W	0.1 S	0.1 SE	1.1 WNW	2.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	13	13	11	11	-	9	21	-	21	21	21	22	8	22	20	11	9	14	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	1.6 S	-	4.0 W	4.0 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNW	-	2.5 NNW	1.6 S	2.1 NNW	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	12	7	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	6	7	-

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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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