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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Forestry Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Te Araroa East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	2	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSE	1.0 N	1.6 NW	3.0 S	2.3 NNW	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 W	1.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.6 W	2.5 W	1.5 NW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	6	7	8	9	10	12	11	12	10	12	11	11	11	13	12	10	10	11	13	10	13
Energy(?)	1040	198	507	1702	900	2848	3730	1558	1966	1912	688	1090	1413	1000	809	633	2021	1456	623	2323	843	1103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:37AM 1.79	7:38PM 1.29		8:26AM 1.71		7:12PM 2.26	6:23AM 1.66		10:43PM 3.13	11:11AM 3.29		11:41PM 3.19	12:07PM 3.48		7:54PM 1.71	9:18AM 1.79		9:31PM 1.58	10:13AM 1.76		10:01PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	2:34AM 0.18		2:02PM 0.28	1:21AM 0.15		3:03PM 0.20	1:36AM 0.01	12:40PM 0.06	4:45PM 0.06		4:57AM -0.04	5:36PM 0.05		5:55AM 0.21	3:29PM 0.54	2:01AM 0.51		3:24PM 0.11	3:46AM -0.01		4:20PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	2	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	5	-	-	6	1
High °C	20	22	18	15	19	16	14	23	20	15	21	20	20	21	20	18	16	15	14	18	17	18
Low °C	16	22	15	13	16	16	13	19	19	12	19	18	19	19	19	16	15	15	11	14	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	22	18	14	19	14	13	23	20	14	21	20	20	21	20	18	16	15	14	18	17	18
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.9 SW	1.1 NW	2.3 NNW	0.3 E	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 W	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 N	2.2 WNW	1.6 W	2.5 W	1.5 NW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	9	10	8	9	9	12	11	12	10	7	11	11	11	13	12	15	10	11	13	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 WSW	0.8 W	0.4 N	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	1.1 W	0.1 S	-	1.1 WSW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	9	15	13	9	20	9	9	9	8	15	12	15	15	13	13	15	-	13	8	-	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	1.0 N	1.6 NW	3.0 S	0.8 S	3.5 S	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	6	7	8	4	10	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue		Wednesday 03							Thursday 04								Friday 05
	10PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Forestry Northland	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Te Araroa East Cape	Airport Rights Wellington	Three Points East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	8	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.5 N	2.0 NNE	1.9 NW	3.0 W	2.3 W	2.2 S	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 NNW	2.3 SSE	4.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	9	6	7	8	11	10	8	10	10	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	574	2127	1796	1249	1683	1326	385	512	1213	2316	1074	1205	1044	1042	922	1012	7143	3101	3819	3008	2059	1148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	8:16PM 2.99				7:37AM 1.58			4:50PM 1.53	9:09PM 3.11				9:41AM 3.22			4:55PM 1.71				6:31AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			12:55AM 0.08								3:16AM 0.05							11:52PM 0.21				12:05PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	1	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	16	15	17	21	18	20	15	14	14	13	13	16	19	14	14	14	15	14	17	22
Chill °C (?)	17	18	15	14	16	21	18	20	14	13	13	11	13	16	19	14	13	13	14	14	17	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	2.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.3 N	1.1 NE	1.9 NW	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 NNW	2.3 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	8	11	10	9	10	10	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	1.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.5 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	18	12	16	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.5 N	2.0 NNE	1.9 S	-	1.2 SSW	2.2 S	-	-	3.5 S	-	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	10	9	6	7	8	-	5	8	-	-	9	-	11	-	-	-	-	3

	Tuesday 02						Wednesday 03
	8PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Forestry Northland	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Te Araroa East Cape	Airport Rights Wellington	Three Points East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	8	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	2.2 NNW	1.3 SSE	1.2 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	1.3 NNE	0.6 E	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	7	5	7	9	8	6	9	6
Energy(?)	631	845	911	2105	1014	1040	181	73	509	445	397	449	404	247	647	80	201	99	147	184	70	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:47PM 1.32												8:48AM 3.12								4:15PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	17	20	20	18	20	20	20	17	16	16	16	18	18	17	21	14	24	22	20	25	24	15
Chill °C (?)	17	20	20	18	20	20	20	17	16	16	16	18	18	16	21	12	24	22	20	25	24	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:34	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	2.3 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSE	0.6 E	0.1 SW	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	5	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.7 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 NW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.4 N	0.1 NW	0.3 NE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	9	9	10	9	9	16	5	9	13	8	8	8	10	16	7	9	7	7	7	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.9 N	-	0.4 E	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.8 SE	2.2 NNW	1.3 SSE	1.2 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	1.3 NNE	0.7 NE	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	9	6	-	2	3	3	4	4	4	7	5	7	3	8	6	4	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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