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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	Sun		Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sun
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatea Bay East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Papatea Bay East Cape	Long Point Catlins	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Beatons Southland	Hicks Bay East Cape	Red Island Hawkes Bay	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Porangahau River Mouth Wairarapa	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mahia Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shag Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	5	9	5	4	6	4	5	5	5	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSE	1.7 E	1.6 SSE	1.4 SE	2.0 SE	1.3 S	1.6 SSE	1.4 NE	0.9 SW	2.4 SSE	0.7 WSW	4.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	1.4 WSW	3.0 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.5 NW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	4.0 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	11	11	8	7	9	12	10	20	9	10	16	11	8	12	11	13	13	14	13
Energy(?)	674	396	405	720	1019	359	538	344	412	1262	463	3013	3752	1459	2509	1485	2054	2697	3268	1891	1527	5853
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:01PM 2.86	10:53AM 3.50		11:28PM 2.90	11:49AM 3.10		8:54PM 1.55	12:24PM 3.15		10:58PM 1.54	11:24AM 1.79		11:36PM 1.55	12:00PM 1.77		1:58AM 2.90		2:16PM 3.03	1:28AM 1.29	1:05PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)			4:46AM 0.64	5:25PM 0.39		5:36AM 0.28	4:55PM 0.23	3:07AM 0.22	6:12AM 0.23	5:07PM 0.40		5:01AM 0.29	5:43PM 0.37		5:39AM 0.31	6:24PM 0.08	7:55PM 0.25	8:09AM 0.35			7:02AM 0.50	7:40PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	1	-	73	25	2	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	20	24	24	20	24	17	17	24	15	20	18	17	22	17	20	12	12	12	17	17
Low °C	18	17	16	23	23	18	22	16	14	24	13	19	17	16	20	16	16	12	12	12	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	16	20	24	24	20	24	16	16	24	15	20	17	16	22	17	20	10	12	11	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:45	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:47	-	-	9:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.3 N	0.6 SW	1.4 SE	2.0 SE	1.3 S	0.9 ESE	1.4 NE	0.9 SW	0.5 ENE	0.7 SW	0.3 N	0.7 S	1.4 WSW	3.0 ENE	1.2 NNW	1.4 E	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	16	12	11	11	8	11	9	12	8	11	15	12	16	11	12	10	11	13	13	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.2 N	0.1 NW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 E	0.4 N	0.8 S	0.3 NE	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	1.2 NNE	0.5 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 NNE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.9 ESE	-
Period (s)	10	9	9	11	12	12	8	13	12	11	20	12	21	10	10	15	13	10	10	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	1.7 E	1.6 SSE	-	-	0.4 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.0 ENE	2.4 SSE	-	4.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	1.5 WSW	0.8 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 NW	-	-	-	1.6 SSW	4.0 S
Period (s)	8	8	7	-	-	3	7	8	5	10	-	9	10	5	4	8	12	-	-	-	7	13

	Sunday 18			Monday 19								Tuesday 20									Wed
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Karekare Auckland	The Box Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Papatea Bay East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 ENE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	1.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SSE	1.7 S	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	8	8	7	8	8	7	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	7	7	7	11	11	11
Energy(?)	258	338	962	566	507	418	769	570	503	1015	1021	1019	874	765	790	501	679	1207	1047	2092	2525	2452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				10:51PM 2.81								9:42PM 1.46				9:59AM 1.69				10:33PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)		5:04PM 0.71				4:59AM 0.37				3:56PM 0.48				3:47AM 0.29				6:01PM 0.30				4:05AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	1
Temp. °C	20	19	19	14	14	14	22	19	21	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	19	19	18	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	20	18	18	12	12	12	22	19	21	24	24	23	23	23	23	22	19	19	18	19	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	8:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.8 SE	0.5 N	0.6 SW	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	1.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	0.9 ENE	1.3 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.0 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE
Period (s)	11	11	9	11	11	12	8	15	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 E	0.1 N	0.1 NW	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 ESE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.1 NE
Period (s)	10	9	11	10	9	9	10	18	9	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	8	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 ENE	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NE	1.5 SSE	1.7 S	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE
Period (s)	3	4	9	8	8	7	8	8	7	-	-	-	3	4	4	8	7	7	7	11	11	11

	Sunday 18											Monday 19
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	3AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	7AM	8AM	9AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Karekare Auckland	The Box Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Papatea Bay East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.3 SE	1.6 E	2.0 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	2.0 SSE	0.8 SW	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	8	8	8	8	7	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	12	7	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	280	361	836	661	623	636	290	383	567	318	307	302	302	302	297	812	179	418	408	711	479	507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										9:03PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)																2:49AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	17	17	21	19	18	18	24	17	16	23	23	23	23	23	23	21	14	14	15	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	16	16	21	18	17	17	24	16	15	23	23	23	23	23	23	21	12	12	14	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SE	0.4 N	0.6 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.4 E	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 E	1.4 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	12	12	12	15	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.9 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 NW	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	-	0.3 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	9	9	10	10	10	8	9	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	9	9	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.6 E	2.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 SSE	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	4	4	9	8	8	8	4	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	7	7	8	8	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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