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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	Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thu
	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	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	3	2	2	3	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	6	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	0.5 ESE	1.4 E	0.8 ENE	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 W	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	10	15	8	14	10	13	13	9	9	14	13	13	11	11	11	18	16	15	16
Energy(?)	572	116	515	243	759	1506	4126	1582	2873	2642	1513	1234	2509	2542	1852	258	524	2729	768	2538	1792	2623
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)			8:36PM 1.46	8:41AM 1.67		8:38PM 1.39			8:54PM 1.48	8:18AM 1.79		9:48PM 1.51	10:35AM 1.44		10:43PM 1.54		5:21PM 1.81		9:44AM 1.69		9:10PM 2.22	5:28AM 2.93
Low Tide / height (m)		2:34PM 0.19	2:48AM 0.17		5:12PM 0.23	2:51AM 0.13	9:21AM 0.18	2:47PM 0.15	3:10AM 0.14		3:37PM 0.14		4:27AM 0.12	4:11PM 0.46		9:14AM 0.94		12:30AM 0.55		2:51PM 0.60	3:27AM 0.70	11:47AM 1.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	23	20	21	19	10	15	19	16	19	16	16	20	18	18	18	16	13	20	17	14	21
Low °C	21	23	17	19	19	9	11	18	15	18	15	15	18	18	17	17	16	11	19	16	13	19
Chill °C (?)	21	23	20	21	19	7	15	19	15	19	16	15	20	18	18	18	15	11	20	17	14	21
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	8:24	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:49	-	-	8:27	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	0.5 ESE	1.4 E	0.8 ENE	1.4 WSW	0.8 E	3.5 WSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 W	0.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.3 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	10	8	11	14	10	13	13	14	9	14	13	13	7	18	18	9	16	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 NE	0.7 ESE	1.1 SW	0.6 ENE	-	1.5 SW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.3 SW	1.3 WNW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	18	7	5	10	15	11	-	13	9	8	-	14	-	-	13	11	14	9	18	9	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	1.0 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	8	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	6	-	-	-

	Thursday 19							Friday 20								Saturday 21
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	5	6	8	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.0 SSW	1.5 ENE	3.0 W	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	10	10	11	17	11	9	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	15	13	13	16	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1040	639	564	672	908	730	1483	515	564	763	318	271	203	247	297	861	4729	5009	7652	3933	3517	2257
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:06AM 2.25		8:14AM 1.54							6:42AM 1.85	7:40AM 1.52				8:03PM 1.45	12:38AM 3.58	2:28AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)							8:25PM 0.06		1:26AM 0.15				2:24PM 0.15							11:00AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	20	22	22	18	13	19	18	15	20	20	21	15	13	18	10	9	11	15	17	18
Chill °C (?)	13	13	20	22	22	17	12	19	18	15	20	20	21	15	12	17	8	7	9	15	17	18
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.1 SSW	1.5 ENE	0.9 SW	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.7 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	1.2 S	1.1 SW	0.3 N	1.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	15	10	10	11	11	11	9	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	6	15	9	16	16	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	0.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.8 ESE	0.5 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 W	0.3 N	1.0 SSW	0.6 E	-	-	0.4 W
Period (s)	7	11	11	8	17	12	15	5	11	6	10	10	10	5	10	9	9	8	11	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	1.0 WNW	3.0 W	-	-	0.5 N	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-	1.4 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	3	-	-	4	9	-	-	7	-	-	3	-	-	8	13	13	13	-	-	-

	Thursday 19
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	5	6	8	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.7 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.5 SW	1.8 W	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 W	2.5 W	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	12	12	12	11	12	15	12	12	8	12	12	11	12	11	16	7	15	15	9	9	16
Energy(?)	1205	505	505	255	591	279	177	150	148	148	137	125	209	65	116	1745	621	249	397	1532	1501	1262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)		2:01AM 0.20			4:03AM 0.23								1:37PM 0.18								9:58PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	15	16	21	16	14	20	21	18	23	23	22	23	23	20	17	15	14	14	14	19
Chill °C (?)	13	16	15	16	21	14	13	20	21	18	23	23	22	23	23	20	16	14	12	12	12	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 NE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	15	9	9	12	11	12	15	7	7	8	7	7	11	12	11	16	14	15	15	15	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 S	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.2 NNW	0.3 WSW	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	8	19	8	-	9	9	7	9	9	7	8	7	9	18	-	18	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.5 WNW	0.4 NW	-	1.7 WSW	1.8 W	0.9 WSW	2.1 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	-	4	4	3	3	-	11	7	8	6	9	9	-

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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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