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

	Fri		Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Fri
	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	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Fields Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Aramoana Spit Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	All Day Bay Otago	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	7	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 N	1.9 NNE	2.4 NNE	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	0.1 SW	6.5 NE	3.0 E	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 NE	1.7 S	2.3 S	1.2 SSE	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 W	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	7	7	12	13	11	10	13	12	9	9	11	8	10	10	9	18	16	15	17
Energy(?)	1279	1209	2019	311	893	8	24655	2405	733	1960	2037	933	1610	1625	266	691	1134	296	5183	3132	4750	1600
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:02PM 1.78			1:09PM 1.40	1:45AM 1.47			2:52AM 1.64					1:53PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		9:44PM 1.05	7:50AM 0.50		7:21PM 0.44	8:00AM 0.51		8:32PM 0.56									8:54PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	16	5	-	-	7	-	9	6	1	-	-	-	-	7	8	-
High °C	22	18	21	18	19	18	20	18	13	13	13	18	13	10	13	14	12	15	13	11	13	18
Low °C	19	18	20	15	18	18	20	17	12	13	12	15	12	10	12	13	11	11	12	10	13	18
Chill °C (?)	22	18	21	17	19	18	19	18	12	13	12	18	12	10	12	12	10	14	10	8	12	18
Sunrise	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	5:50	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 N	1.9 NNE	2.4 NNE	0.1 S	1.8 E	0.1 SW	5.5 NE	3.0 E	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.7 SW	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.0 NE	0.5 E	2.3 S	1.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.2 WSW	3.5 W	1.9 SW
Period (s)	14	13	14	13	8	12	13	11	10	13	12	14	9	11	8	9	10	9	9	16	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 E	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.3 ESE	-	1.9 W	0.2 NNW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	13	13	-	8	12	9	-	16	17	16	13	15	13	13	12	12	8	11	-	10	11	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 E	6.5 NE	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	2.0 W	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.7 S	-	0.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	7	13	5	3	-	-	9	-	-	4	10	-	2	18	-	-	-

	Friday 10			Saturday 11								Sunday 12								Monday 13
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tapotupoto Bay Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Fields Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NE	1.8 SW	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NE	2.4 NNE	3.5 NE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	5.5 ENE	2.5 NE	3.5 E	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	13	11	12	13
Energy(?)	3009	1067	1589	1209	3715	4957	2019	4521	3075	4123	4374	1827	1145	1640	1001	1189	1085	1990	10040	2618	3426	3499
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	flow	high	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow
High Tide / height (m)		3:21PM 2.20			12:53AM 1.48				1:09PM 1.40								12:27PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			7:02PM 0.44				7:10AM 0.52				7:24PM 0.45				6:23AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	11	7	3	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	18	18	18	18	20	21	21	20	21	15	17	15	20	17	18	17	19	18	18	13
Chill °C (?)	20	18	18	18	18	17	20	21	21	20	21	14	17	14	20	17	18	17	19	17	18	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NE	1.8 SW	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NE	2.4 NNE	3.5 NE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	0.1 S	2.1 E	5.5 ENE	2.5 NE	3.5 E	3.0 E
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	13	11	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 E	0.5 NW	1.6 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	1.8 NNE	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	1.6 E	0.8 SSW	-
Period (s)	10	13	10	13	13	14	-	13	13	-	-	-	12	-	9	9	13	-	-	12	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	0.9 SSE	-	-	1.9 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 ENE	-	-	1.4 SSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	7	4	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	-	-	6	4

	Friday 10											Saturday 11
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tapotupoto Bay Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Fields Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury
Rating	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NE	1.5 WSW	1.7 NNE	1.7 N	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.9 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	6
Energy(?)	2768	990	1511	1114	2226	2090	1059	1411	1074	1074	1191	192	218	212	230	230	336	227	414	4822	213	476
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)												11:20PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)							6:34PM 0.43											5:40AM 0.34	6:10AM 0.32	7:15AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	20	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	12	14	11	14	13	13	14	14	18	17	14
Chill °C (?)	20	19	20	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	10	13	9	13	12	12	13	14	17	17	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NE	1.5 WSW	1.7 NNE	1.7 N	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	0.9 ENE	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.0 E	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.5 NW	1.4 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	1.0 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.4 S	-	0.2 S	0.9 E
Period (s)	16	13	9	13	13	13	13	9	13	13	13	4	4	13	4	4	8	7	4	-	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 E	0.6 S	-	-	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.9 NE	1.1 ENE	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	10	3	-	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	5	-	-	4	-	-	11	5	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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