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 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Tuamotu Island Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Te Araroa East Cape	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Arawhata Taranaki	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	9	5	5	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	9	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.3 NNE	2.0 ESE	3.0 NNE	3.0 E	6.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	1.4 E	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	14	10	11	8	9	11	10	9	10	10	9	12	14	14	13	14	12
Energy(?)	405	506	777	543	523	518	573	945	1866	1415	8096	3004	1149	1752	2781	585	2030	2019	4423	9832	2980	2786
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	11:14AM 3.01		11:28PM 2.90	11:49AM 3.10		12:04AM 2.95	12:24PM 3.15		12:40AM 2.97	11:24AM 1.79		11:36PM 1.55	12:00PM 1.77		12:23AM 1.29	12:23PM 1.54		10:34PM 1.55	4:19AM 1.88		2:32AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)		2:14PM 0.39		5:36AM 0.28	6:01PM 0.30		6:12AM 0.23	4:49PM 0.66		5:01AM 0.29			5:39AM 0.31	3:50PM 0.45		6:07AM 0.39	6:58PM 0.23		10:28AM 0.50	2:19PM 0.37	8:01PM 0.25	8:42AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	1	-	1	-	60	21	5	-	1	1	5	2	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	20	22	19	17	23	15	16	21	23	20	21	23	17	15	16	14	13	9	15	14	18	16
Low °C	16	21	16	16	23	13	16	21	22	19	21	20	17	15	12	14	12	7	14	12	15	14
Chill °C (?)	20	22	19	17	23	14	16	21	23	19	20	23	17	14	14	12	12	8	14	13	18	16
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:31	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	1.3 NNE	2.0 ESE	2.4 E	0.5 SSE	0.7 S	2.5 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.9 NNW	0.8 WSW	1.4 E	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	8	7	8	14	10	11	9	13	12	10	16	12	15	9	12	14	14	14	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 ESE	0.3 SE	0.9 SW	0.1 NE	-	-	0.3 S	0.7 NW	0.5 N	0.7 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.2 S	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	9	11	12	11	7	12	13	-	-	14	14	14	15	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 E	-	-	3.0 NNE	3.0 E	6.0 ENE	3.0 NW	2.4 WSW	2.5 W	3.5 WSW	1.7 S	-	-	-	4.0 S	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	-	-	8	9	11	9	9	10	10	6	-	-	-	13	-	-

	Monday 19					Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	1AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatea Bay East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kingston Norfolk Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.7 ENE	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 E	1.7 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	2.1 SE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.1 S	1.3 NNE	2.5 ENE	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	7	8	8	7	7	9	7	10	7	10	10	14	11	11	11	14	10	7	11	11
Energy(?)	405	513	506	610	1209	777	555	856	543	769	555	504	601	518	2173	1107	1005	587	522	1115	1039	946
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)						11:28PM 2.90				10:16AM 1.76									1:54PM 2.08	5:15PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)				5:25PM 0.39								4:32PM 0.43				4:05AM 0.20					5:27PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	5	2	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	20	22	21	19	17	16	21	16	24	17	23	24	13	19	18	20	18	15	17	23	20
Chill °C (?)	15	20	22	21	19	17	15	21	15	24	17	23	24	12	19	18	20	17	15	16	23	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 N	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	2.2 E	1.3 S	1.6 ESE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.1 S	1.3 NNE	0.7 S	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	12	15	12	11	8	8	7	9	7	10	7	10	10	14	11	11	11	14	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.5 N	0.6 SW	1.0 S	0.7 SW	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	9	18	9	9	11	11	11	13	12	11	12	10	9	7	14	8	8	10	12	11	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.7 ENE	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	1.7 SSE	1.0 ENE	1.7 SSE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.3 E	2.1 SE	-	-	0.7 E	-	2.5 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	7	8	8	7	7	-	7	9	7	8	9	8	11	-	-	3	-	7	-	-

	Monday 19																	Tuesday 20
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	4PM	6PM	6PM	7PM	9PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	2AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatea Bay East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kingston Norfolk Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle
Rating	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.7 ENE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	3.0 E	1.9 S	1.6 SE	2.1 S	1.9 SSE	1.9 SE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.8 SE	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SSE	1.4 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	7	11	7	11	11	7	8	9	9	7	12	13	8	9
Energy(?)	416	483	405	405	398	396	431	1412	506	943	590	933	1067	250	544	520	525	115	375	642	617	469
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		8:01AM 1.62			11:14AM 3.01												9:50PM 1.17		1:04AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)										3:56PM 0.48	5:25PM 0.39							12:33AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	19	16	17	18	20	21	20	22	24	22	23	23	14	23	23	23	14	16	10	22	21
Chill °C (?)	14	19	15	16	18	20	21	20	22	24	22	23	23	12	23	23	23	12	16	8	22	21
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 N	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 N	0.6 SW	1.6 SE	0.6 SW	1.9 SSE	1.9 SE	0.5 SSW	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.5 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 E	1.4 SE
Period (s)	12	15	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	11	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	9	12	13	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.0 SSW	0.1 NW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 S	0.1 NE	1.0 E
Period (s)	9	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	9	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	6	7	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.7 ENE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	3.0 E	1.9 S	0.3 E	2.1 S	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.8 SE	-	0.6 E	1.9 SSE	-
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	7	3	7	3	3	7	8	9	9	7	-	3	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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