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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	Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Fri
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	2.0 W	2.4 W	1.2 W	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	14	16	14	13	13	18	17	16	16	14	10	16	16	13	15	14	12	11	10	9	12	11
Energy	1616	1594	1105	1033	1018	1225	1367	1037	1082	527	654	620	554	820	561	547	779	998	1244	542	1025	732
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:15PM 1.49		8:36AM 2.68		10:12PM 3.03	9:42AM 3.26		9:53PM 2.82	10:30AM 3.25		11:50PM 3.08	11:20AM 3.17	1:55PM 2.26	11:33PM 2.77	11:56AM 2.53	2:53PM 2.17		4:38AM 2.39	3:53PM 2.07	6:34PM 2.00	6:59AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)			10:40PM 0.19		2:55PM -0.03		3:35AM 0.07	3:57PM -0.06		4:24AM 0.04	12:44PM -0.01		5:15AM 0.07			5:53AM 0.10		9:02PM 0.31	11:04AM 0.34		12:58AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	13	15	17	11	12	13	14	13	13	10	13	12	14	16	13	11	12	14	12	13
Low °C	13	12	12	14	15	10	10	12	13	11	13	8	11	12	13	14	13	10	11	13	10	11
Chill °C (?)	14	11	12	14	17	11	12	13	14	13	12	8	13	11	13	15	12	9	10	13	11	12
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:08	-	-	8:03
Sunset	-	5:04	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.1 W	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 W	2.0 W	0.5 SW	1.2 W	1.7 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	14	16	14	13	13	18	17	16	16	14	9	16	16	13	15	14	12	11	17	9	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 E	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	10	11	24	22	12	5	5	-	4	10	-	-	21	22	21	19	18	-	11	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.7 SSE	-	0.5 SE	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 W	-	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	4	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	4

	Friday 15					Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Mon
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	14	14	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	18	13	16	18	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	16
Energy	1616	1594	1594	1405	1160	1105	1145	1090	1033	2460	1018	2136	1039	1225	1230	1129	1367	1143	1037	1014	1131	1082
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	7:48AM 2.59			4:29PM 1.53				4:49AM 1.57	8:36AM 2.68	11:16AM 2.26				10:12PM 3.03				10:13AM 3.30				9:53PM 2.82
Low Tide / height (m)						10:40PM 0.19					2:55PM -0.03	5:30PM 0.12				3:35AM 0.07				3:57PM -0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	15	12	13	13	12	12	12	14	8	17	8	11	11	11	9	10	13	13	12	13	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	10	12	12	11	10	10	13	7	17	8	11	10	10	7	9	12	13	12	12	14
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.1 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	16	15	14	14	11	11	13	18	13	16	18	18	17	18	17	17	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SW	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	11	11	11	11	24	-	22	-	12	12	-	12	5	12	5	5	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	7	5	4	7	-

	Friday 15																	Saturday 16
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy	2203	1881	1616	1594	1594	1594	1286	1525	1594	1536	1500	1405	1229	1187	1160	1147	1119	1105	1105	1113	1145	1129
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:48AM 2.59									4:15PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)																	10:40PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	13	13	14	15	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	12	13	14	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	13

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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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