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 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			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	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	All Day Bay Otago	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	7	5	8	7	9	6	9	6	6	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 S	1.6 SSE	2.5 S	1.8 NE	2.3 NE	1.3 S	0.8 SSW	3.5 W	5.0 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	2.1 S	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 S	1.9 S
Period(s)	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	9	13	14	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	16	14	11	11	14
Energy	1206	689	1922	1208	1683	823	383	2171	11683	4131	7289	1215	11917	7884	5813	9793	5936	8183	3906	1387	1731	1404
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:07PM 0.88		1:01AM 1.26	4:56AM 1.65		2:05AM 1.21	5:07AM 1.60	1:13PM 1.49	3:13AM 1.44		1:36PM 1.44	2:03AM 1.59		3:02PM 1.51	2:55AM 1.63	11:34AM 1.66		1:58AM 1.60		2:26PM 1.61	9:12PM 2.02	9:29AM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)		5:52PM 0.46		11:23AM 0.64		7:43PM 0.65	11:32AM 0.67		8:16PM 0.38	9:32AM 0.24		7:45PM 0.45	8:58AM 0.42		8:39PM 0.43	5:24AM 0.30		7:33PM 0.46	8:15AM 0.17			3:20AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	16	18	17	13	16	12	7	14	12	10	12	12	11	12	13	10	10	12	12	11
Low °C	13	18	13	16	15	10	14	11	7	11	10	9	10	11	10	11	11	9	9	12	12	9
Chill °C (?)	20	20	15	18	16	13	16	9	3	14	10	8	10	10	9	10	11	7	9	10	9	10
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	5:06	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	1.6 SSE	2.5 S	1.8 NE	2.3 NE	1.3 S	1.3 NE	0.1 N	3.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.9 S
Period (s)	11	11	12	13	13	14	13	12	13	14	12	12	14	14	13	13	12	16	14	9	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.1 N	0.8 N	0.8 ENE	0.9 SW	0.1 N	-	0.6 S	1.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	11	7	7	10	10	16	-	7	14	11	11	11	22	20	18	11	10	18	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	3.5 W	5.0 SW	-	4.0 SW	-	5.0 SSW	-	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	2.4 S	2.5 S	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	9	13	-	13	-	14	-	-	13	12	12	-	11	11	-

	Friday 08						Saturday 09							Sunday 10								Mon
	7AM	10AM	1PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	3AM	6AM	7AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Frentzes Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.2 SW	2.3 S	2.5 S	3.5 WSW	1.7 NE	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 NE	2.3 NE	2.1 ENE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 W
Period(s)	9	9	11	17	11	9	16	14	11	10	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	12
Energy	1233	1483	1098	1417	1830	1593	8835	1241	3271	3115	1590	2004	2003	1806	1485	3436	4281	1171	3033	2487	3256	2462
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			12:52PM 0.74	4:43PM 1.67											12:24AM 1.58			11:12AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)	6:53AM 0.55				5:58PM 0.36					7:47AM 0.35			6:31PM 0.41			3:09AM 0.51				5:16PM 0.49		11:48PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	16	16	13	18	15	12	16	14	17	17	15	14	14	13	9	11	16	15	13	10	9
Chill °C (?)	8	16	16	13	18	14	10	16	13	16	16	14	13	13	12	6	10	16	15	13	8	7
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 S	1.0 SW	1.5 SSE	1.7 S	3.0 N	1.7 NE	2.0 SSE	2.3 S	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 NE	2.3 NE	2.1 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.3 S	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.1 N	3.0 W
Period (s)	9	9	11	17	11	9	11	14	11	10	13	13	13	13	13	10	14	14	14	14	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.2 SW	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	2.0 W	1.4 N	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 N	0.8 NNW	0.8 NNW	-	0.1 N	-	0.6 ENE	0.6 NE	1.3 NE	0.9 NE	-	0.1 N
Period (s)	10	10	10	17	11	11	8	7	11	11	7	7	7	-	14	-	10	13	13	12	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	2.2 S	-	-	2.3 S	2.5 S	3.5 WSW	-	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 W	-
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	11	9	16	-	11	10	-	-	4	4	3	14	14	-	-	-	13	-

	Friday 08																	Saturday 09
	5AM	6AM	7AM	10AM	9AM	10AM	1PM	2PM	1PM	2PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Frentzes Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.5 S	0.9 SW	1.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.3 WSW	0.8 ENE	1.7 SSE	2.1 S	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.9 NE	0.7 SSW	1.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	3.5 N	3.0 N
Period(s)	9	7	9	13	11	10	12	8	11	11	8	8	6	6	7	13	9	14	14	13	10	10
Energy	1197	573	1800	286	867	272	920	222	769	1110	535	358	270	425	503	249	342	40	73	48	3329	2953
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross	on	on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)																						3:51AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)												5:22PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	2
High °C	11	12	12	12	10	18	16	18	20	20	17	17	18	17	18	12	13	16	17	16	13	12
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	11	9	18	15	17	20	20	16	16	17	16	17	11	13	14	16	14	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.1 E	2.2 S	0.9 SW	1.8 SSE	1.1 S	1.6 N	0.8 ENE	1.7 SSE	2.1 S	1.0 ENE	-	-	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	3.5 N	3.0 N
Period (s)	9	10	9	13	11	10	8	8	11	11	9	-	-	11	11	9	9	14	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.2 NNE	1.0 E	-	0.8 E	0.5 E	1.3 WSW	0.6 NE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	1.8 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	9	9	10	-	10	10	12	10	10	10	11	-	-	-	-	13	13	10	14	13	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	1.8 S	2.5 S	-	-	0.5 SW	0.8 NE	1.1 N	-	-	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.9 NE	0.5 S	0.4 SW	2.1 NW	1.3 NW	2.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	9	7	9	-	-	3	4	5	-	-	8	8	6	6	7	3	3	6	8	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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