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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	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sun
	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	Kaka Point Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Herangi Beach Northland	Loisell's East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Belt Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	0.9 SW	1.1 NE	2.3 ENE	1.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	5	8	16	15	9	9	14
Energy(?)	2486	1028	1382	1226	626	302	668	588	548	514	409	229	294	158	400	136	1197	1036	1991	1167	2489	1762
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:56PM 2.20				4:10AM 2.39	4:31PM 2.31		7:58AM 1.60	5:22PM 1.81		6:15AM 1.85	6:41PM 1.83	12:38AM 1.64	7:54AM 2.35	2:46PM 1.44	11:58PM 1.88		3:40PM 1.24	3:49AM 1.54	4:05AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		2:27PM 0.46	3:10AM 1.11	9:02AM 0.83	3:36PM 1.14	10:00PM 0.84	10:28AM 1.02		10:47PM 0.91			11:40PM 0.94	12:34PM 0.99						9:28AM 0.53		9:29PM 0.54	10:23AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	20	20	20	20	16	22	21	20	22	23	16	25	26	21	22	23	13	16	20	17	20
Low °C	12	20	18	19	19	15	18	21	18	20	23	14	21	25	20	21	21	11	15	18	14	17
Chill °C (?)	13	20	20	20	20	15	22	21	20	22	23	16	25	26	21	22	23	11	15	20	17	20
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	8:32	-	-	8:31	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	0.9 SW	0.5 S	2.0 ENE	1.2 WSW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	10	8	11	15	9	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.6 E	0.4 S	0.3 N	0.3 NE	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.3 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.6 N	0.3 ESE	0.4 S	1.1 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.7 WSW	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	14	6	8	8	12	8	5	5	13	9	18	13	5	11	14	6	10	16	8	17	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	2.3 ENE	1.2 W	-	1.3 S	3.5 WSW	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	3	4	5	-	-	4	2	-	3	4	7	5	8	6	-	7	9	9

	Sunday 08							Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	11	13	14	12	13
Energy(?)	1036	1361	2486	1128	1841	1738	1205	1151	1062	1080	1226	1121	1119	1009	1375	605	536	1080	550	576	577	563
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	3:34AM 2.50		8:23AM 2.22						3:08AM 2.44	5:59AM 1.73			3:03PM 1.97		9:37PM 1.56					12:35PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)					2:44PM 1.06		9:13PM 0.65				9:02AM 0.83											6:44PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	10	12	20	14	20	17	16	16	9	19	20	20	20	11	16	15	11	18	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	14	7	10	20	13	20	17	16	16	7	19	20	20	20	9	16	14	10	18	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	11	13	14	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.7 SW	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 N	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.8 WSW	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 E	0.1 N	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 E	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	14	12	14	9	11	13	13	12	6	-	8	8	8	8	13	12	8	13	10	10	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	-	1.9 SW	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.6 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	2.0 NE
Period (s)	-	7	13	-	13	6	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	4	4	-	5	6	6

	Sunday 08
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 W	2.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 S	0.1 E	1.2 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.1 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	14	6	6	6	6
Energy(?)	883	2433	421	1124	426	1119	1093	1200	625	2527	1128	1128	1118	1203	1655	1125	322	6	184	367	190	199
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)														2:17PM 2.10				6:49PM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		2:01AM 0.42						8:50AM 0.63									5:26PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	10	11	18	11	18	18	18	20	12	20	20	20	20	15	20	15	12	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	7	9	18	9	18	18	18	20	10	20	20	20	20	14	20	14	9	14	15	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 W	0.2 ENE	0.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 S	0.1 E	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 S	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	13	12	14	13	7	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	6	11	6	6	6	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.9 SW	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	1.3 WSW	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	7	12	13	14	13	13	13	-	-	9	9	9	9	11	6	7	14	13	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	1.3 WSW	1.2 W	1.2 W	1.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	2.5 WSW	-	1.6 S	-	0.8 SE
Period (s)	-	13	7	-	-	6	6	6	6	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	-	6	-	6

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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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