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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	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Fairway Reef Northland	Bland Bay Northland	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Loisell's East Cape	Bland Bay Northland	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	5	9	5	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	5	6	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	2.4 NE	3.5 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.2 N	1.9 NE	2.1 N	2.1 NNW	1.8 WNW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 N	1.7 NNW	1.9 NNE	1.3 NW	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	8.0 SW	4.0 WSW
Period(s)	10	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	7	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	12	12	14	17
Energy	1933	1381	2844	4086	9770	3087	1457	1473	681	1051	695	791	602	1169	1196	1064	834	331	4379	5956	24148	9196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:53AM 2.78	4:50PM 1.79	9:21PM 2.57	8:51AM 2.06		8:22PM 1.69	9:18AM 1.59		9:48PM 1.69	8:52AM 0.99	12:09PM 2.89	12:55AM 2.74		1:32PM 2.58	12:55AM 2.38			11:55PM 2.10		2:20PM 2.48	2:28AM 3.04	4:22AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)				3:10AM 0.63	2:06PM 0.26	2:36AM 0.38	3:10AM 0.40	2:48PM 0.57				6:44PM 0.55	7:37AM 1.12		6:47PM 0.47	8:21AM 0.61	4:09PM 0.41	6:03PM 0.59	9:16AM 1.12		8:18PM 1.04	10:45AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	12	-	101	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	6	2	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	18	17	17	14	15	17	12	10	14	15	14	16	14	13	17	14	11	13	15	12
Low °C	16	15	15	15	16	13	12	14	10	10	14	14	12	14	14	13	15	13	8	12	14	11
Chill °C (?)	16	15	17	17	17	14	15	17	11	8	14	15	13	16	13	13	16	13	10	10	14	10
Sunrise	7:47	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:14
Sunset	-	4:59	-	-	5:02	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:08	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	3.5 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.2 N	1.9 NE	2.1 N	1.4 N	1.8 WNW	1.8 NW	2.5 NW	2.3 N	1.7 NNW	1.5 NNE	1.3 NW	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	0.4 SW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	7	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	12	12	24	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 NE	0.3 NNW	0.2 S	0.1 N	1.1 N	0.6 N	0.4 SW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	0.3 E	0.9 NNE	0.1 W	0.2 W	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	12	11	12	8	8	13	9	10	10	8	26	26	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 NE	-	0.7 S	4.5 NNE	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	2.1 NNW	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	1.9 NNE	-	-	-	8.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	8	-	3	11	-	-	4	-	-	7	-	3	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	14	-

	Monday 01							Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Parengarenga Harbour Bar Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Bland Bay Northland	Forestry Northland	Bland Bay Northland	Clark Island Coromandel	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Forestry Northland	Hicks Bay East Cape	Newdicks Beach 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	Te Araroa East Cape
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	9	5	8	9	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 NE	3.0 NNW	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	3.0 NE	5.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	2.2 N	2.5 NNE
Period(s)	8	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	10
Energy	1120	1746	1933	1820	1381	2067	5222	2844	4775	8213	4086	7796	9770	3129	10772	3087	3335	1724	1457	1594	1473	1803
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				10:53AM 2.78				9:21PM 2.57			8:51AM 2.06				8:24PM 2.05					9:18AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		4:47AM 0.48				5:04PM 0.47							2:06PM 0.26				2:11AM 0.33	3:10AM 0.40			2:48PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	5	7	5	-	24	26	59	12	18	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	16	17	15	18	14	15	12	12	15	17	14
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	15	18	14	15	11	11	15	17	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	-	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	3.5 NE	4.5 NNE	3.0 NE	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	2.2 N	2.5 NNE
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	-	11	11	10	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 ENE	-	-	1.9 NE	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.5 NE	1.7 NE
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	12	10	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	10	-	-	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	-	-	-	2.4 NE	-	4.0 NNE	-	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	0.7 S	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	0.4 WSW	5.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	8	-	10	-	11	11	3	11	11	3	12	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Monday 01
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Parengarenga Harbour Bar Northland	Parengarenga Harbour Bar Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	9	5	8	9	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.4 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE
Period(s)	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	1730	1692	1120	1120	1712	1746	1746	1896	1933	1943	1804	1820	1786	1799	1381	1912	2029	2067	1929	1789	5222	5204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- 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	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											10:53AM 2.78											9:09PM 2.37
Low Tide / height (m)					4:47AM 0.48													5:04PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	4	4	-	7	10	8	6	4	7	9
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	16	16	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NE	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	10	10

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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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