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	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Tapotupoto Bay Northland	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Tuamotu Island Gisborne and Mahia	Tuamotu Island Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	4	5	8	4	6	5	4	9	8	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.5 NNE	2.0 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.7 NNW	1.6 NNE	2.5 WNW	5.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.4 S	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 S
Period(s)	11	11	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	11	11	10	10	9	16	16	16
Energy	3141	1724	1632	1023	551	542	665	683	751	1032	1069	338	1283	5056	7346	4902	5054	3743	1649	11780	7654	7277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:18AM 1.59		9:03PM 2.04	9:12AM 1.92	1:07PM 2.97	1:21AM 2.99		1:44PM 2.41	12:55AM 2.38			1:17AM 2.13		2:20PM 2.48	2:28AM 3.04	11:41AM 1.77		12:12AM 1.89	6:00AM 1.73	4:17PM 2.50	11:49PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)	2:36AM 0.38	3:10AM 0.40	3:19PM 0.31		3:20AM 0.65		7:15PM 1.11	7:37AM 1.12		6:47PM 0.47	7:43AM 0.66	4:54PM 0.35	7:07PM 0.73	9:16AM 1.12		8:18PM 1.04	5:49AM 0.67	5:51PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	9	14	8	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	17	14	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	11	12	15	13	15	11	9	12	12
Low °C	13	14	14	12	13	14	13	14	15	14	14	15	15	8	12	14	8	12	10	7	10	9
Chill °C	15	15	17	14	15	14	13	15	14	15	14	15	15	10	11	13	13	15	8	7	10	11
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:20	-	-	8:27	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:04	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:07	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.5 NNE	2.0 NNW	1.7 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.2 WNW	1.6 NNE	2.5 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.7 NW	0.4 SW	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	8	10	11	11	22	10	10	10	16	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.3 NNW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	1.2 NNW	0.2 E	0.6 NE	-	-	0.4 NW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	1.6 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	8	8	10	10	9	10	10	9	10	7	-	-	9	22	20	18	-	16	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	1.3 N	-	-	-	1.7 NNW	-	-	5.0 WSW	5.5 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.4 S	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	7	-	-	-	9	-	-	10	11	11	10	10	9	16	16	16

	Tue	Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3:45AM	6:45AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Hicks Bay East Cape	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Te Araroa East Cape	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 N	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.4 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	1.5 NNE	1.1 SW	2.0 NNW	1.0 SW	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW
Period(s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	9	13	8	13	9	9	9	10	9	9
Energy	6777	3141	2171	3165	1724	1403	1632	2065	1270	1023	1970	1634	551	761	542	767	645	665	777	732	683	644
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	8:24PM 2.05					9:18AM 1.59				9:03PM 2.04					1:07PM 2.97	5:26PM 1.72			1:21AM 2.99
Low Tide / height (m)				3:10AM 0.40							2:59AM 0.30			9:34AM 0.48			6:02PM 0.43				7:37AM 1.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	3	5	5	3
Temp. °C	16	14	14	14	14	15	17	15	14	14	12	11	13	12	15	12	17	13	13	14	14	15
Chill °C	15	14	14	13	13	15	17	15	14	14	10	9	12	11	14	11	17	12	12	13	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 N	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.4 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	1.5 NNE	1.1 SW	2.0 NNW	1.2 ENE	1.8 W	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	1.6 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	9	13	8	7	9	9	9	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 N	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	0.2 S	1.1 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.1 NW	1.1 E	0.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	12	-	-	10	10	14	8	12	11	8	7	10	13	11	10	10	9	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	-	1.6 ENE	-	1.3 N	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	7	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02					Wednesday 03
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tora Point Wairarapa	Hicks Bay East Cape	Hicks Bay East Cape	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Newdicks Beach Bay of Plenty	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	6.0 N	5.0 N	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NNE	2.5 N
Period(s)	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11
Energy	1039	16129	6777	3548	3311	3141	3212	2415	2171	2171	3279	3165	3165	2951	1724	1622	1592	1403	1377	1799	1632	2050
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:39PM 1.42		8:24PM 2.05													9:18AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)										3:10AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17
Chill °C	15	17	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	16	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	5.0 N	5.0 N	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NNE	2.5 N
Period (s)	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 N	2.1 N	2.1 N	2.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	6.0 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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