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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	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Fields Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	6	7	7	5	5	5	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.9 ENE	2.0 ESE	0.8 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	2.2 NE	1.9 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	13	9	12	10	12	12	14	8	10	8	10	12	13	14	15	16	13	16	16	16	13	8
Energy(?)	656	664	1103	237	577	700	803	1176	976	1046	1194	6301	5279	5486	6449	6010	2697	3966	4594	3573	744	146
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					2:56PM 0.81	4:30AM 1.25		5:37PM 0.90		5:56AM 1.34	2:07PM 1.50	2:33AM 1.42		3:17PM 1.23	3:42AM 1.35		3:48PM 1.25		4:02AM 1.47	4:34PM 1.29		6:25AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)		7:26PM 0.55	9:52PM 0.98	7:07AM 0.47		9:29PM 0.61	11:43AM 0.47		10:27PM 0.43	1:00PM 0.48		8:11PM 0.32	8:04AM 0.43		9:23PM 0.29	10:00AM 0.29		9:53PM 0.25	10:17AM 0.25		12:04AM 0.64	12:39PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-
High °C	18	26	23	19	20	15	23	22	11	17	17	14	16	16	14	16	19	18	19	19	14	24
Low °C	17	25	20	15	17	14	21	22	9	17	16	13	14	14	11	13	19	16	17	18	12	22
Chill °C (?)	17	26	23	19	20	14	23	22	9	16	16	13	15	15	12	16	19	18	19	19	13	24
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:26	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.6 SE	2.0 ESE	1.2 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SE	1.3 E	0.9 SW	2.4 SW	0.5 N	1.4 SW	0.6 ENE	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 E
Period (s)	13	7	12	6	12	7	14	8	11	8	9	12	10	14	15	16	13	16	16	16	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.8 SE	0.1 S	1.3 SE	0.1 S	1.0 SE	0.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 NNW	1.0 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.3 SW	-	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.4 NE
Period (s)	10	13	8	10	12	12	12	13	24	11	15	13	11	10	9	9	17	-	19	18	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.9 ENE	0.3 NNE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 NE	1.5 NE	2.2 NE	1.9 WSW	1.5 SSE	2.4 W	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	-	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	9	7	6	6	7	7	8	10	6	10	12	13	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 11						Thursday 12							Friday 13								Sat
	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	7PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.2 SW	1.1 S	1.8 ESE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 E	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	2.0 ENE	1.0 SE	2.4 NE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	2.1 NE	2.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	13	8	13	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	7	12	8	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	8	8
Energy(?)	515	628	503	359	830	800	686	819	916	1279	852	504	1498	1197	1315	1600	1104	1166	1054	1274	1195	1292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:33PM 2.20					3:14AM 1.23							1:21AM 1.32				1:23PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	9:33AM 0.94	8:35AM 0.75		6:38PM 0.47		8:08PM 0.58						6:41PM 0.35					7:27AM 0.33				8:20PM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	25	19	16	23	23	22	22	21	27	22	23	15	13	13	13	17	19	23	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	14	25	19	15	23	23	22	22	21	27	22	23	14	12	12	12	17	19	23	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.2 SW	1.1 S	1.8 ESE	0.5 S	1.8 ENE	1.5 E	1.8 E	2.1 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.0 SE	2.1 NE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E
Period (s)	13	8	13	11	11	13	10	10	12	12	7	12	8	7	8	8	13	13	14	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.2 E	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	0.8 E	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SE	0.2 S	1.0 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	0.1 SW	1.5 ENE	1.2 NE	1.6 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	10	14	10	10	8	7	12	12	12	13	12	9	12	12	13	13	11	8	8	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	-	1.9 ENE	1.4 NNE	1.2 NE	0.9 NNE	-	2.0 ENE	1.6 NE	2.4 NE	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	1.4 ENE	2.0 NE	1.6 N	-	2.1 NE	2.3 NE
Period (s)	3	-	3	7	-	10	6	6	5	-	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	6	-	8	8

	Wednesday 11																Thursday 12
	8AM	7AM	10AM	11AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Fields Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.4 SW	1.2 S	1.6 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 E	1.9 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	8	13	12	9	8	8	9	9	11	11	11	10	11	8	8	8	8	6	11	11	11
Energy(?)	523	553	656	453	701	343	343	413	514	989	132	181	157	202	204	206	155	156	297	273	230	230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									1:45PM 0.89	2:06PM 0.84								12:21AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)			9:28AM 0.98								5:50PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	21	17	16	24	24	25	26	26	25	14	15	13	15	15	14	12	12	14	11	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	21	16	16	24	24	25	26	26	25	12	14	11	14	14	13	10	10	13	9	15	15
Sunrise	7:13	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.4 SW	1.2 S	1.6 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 SE	1.6 E	1.9 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.0 E	1.0 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	13	8	13	12	9	8	8	7	9	11	11	11	10	8	8	8	8	8	6	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.3 NW	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.4 S	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	15	10	7	12	7	7	13	7	8	8	9	8	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.1 SSE	0.6 E	-	1.1 SSE	-	-	1.3 ENE	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.7 E	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	3	8	3	-	8	-	-	9	-	-	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	7	7

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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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