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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	Wed	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18
	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	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Back Beach Taranaki	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Nugget Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Bluecliffs Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	9	9	6	8	7	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	0.7 SW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	0.2 SSW	1.4 SW	2.5 W	1.6 SSW	5.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	12	14	14	24	10	10	13	14	14	16	17	18	16	16	16	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	664	164	571	665	808	1493	146	808	1470	864	14655	4502	3237	6085	7956	5213	4679	3439	1688	1608	1557	1053
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:26AM 1.18		2:56PM 0.81	3:45AM 1.24		4:29PM 0.88			1:48PM 2.02	2:55AM 1.33		3:17PM 1.23	3:26AM 1.36		3:37PM 1.33		5:33AM 1.81	4:52PM 1.28		4:54AM 1.45		10:38PM 3.11
Low Tide / height (m)		10:32AM 0.53		8:32PM 0.50	12:05PM 0.69		12:54AM 1.26	8:03AM 0.35		8:37PM 0.32	9:13AM 0.32		9:06PM 0.29	9:32AM 0.29		9:53PM 0.25	11:50AM 0.71		11:00PM 0.22	11:10AM 0.21	6:40PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	18	20	15	22	22	11	14	16	16	14	16	13	19	19	18	20	20	18	19	19	18
Low °C	20	16	18	14	21	20	9	11	15	13	14	15	11	18	19	17	19	19	16	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	23	18	20	14	22	22	9	14	15	15	12	14	12	19	19	18	20	20	18	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:07	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	0.7 SW	1.3 SSE	1.3 ENE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	0.5 SW	1.1 NE	0.5 N	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.4 NNE	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	10	12	12	7	14	14	10	9	9	13	15	14	16	17	18	16	16	16	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	1.3 SE	1.2 NE	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	1.1 SE	0.3 NNW	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	0.3 NW	0.5 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	12	15	12	12	7	11	12	13	15	9	9	14	-	-	-	-	18	18	-	18	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 NNE	0.5 NNE	1.6 ENE	1.8 NE	1.8 NNE	1.9 ENE	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 W	0.5 W	5.5 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	5	6	7	6	8	5	10	10	3	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Wed		Thursday 12							Friday 13								Saturday 14
	7PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	South Shore Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E	0.6 NW	1.0 SE	2.3 NE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	2.3 NE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	11	12	12	13	12	8	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	8	14	14	13	9	8
Energy(?)	830	705	895	1124	931	943	227	521	873	1230	1315	1647	1096	1096	1013	1390	1204	1478	1272	1017	1759	1002
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				2:26AM 1.18							1:21AM 1.32				1:23PM 1.28				2:08AM 1.32		9:30AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		8:08PM 0.58				10:55AM 0.72		6:41PM 0.35					7:27AM 0.33				8:20PM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	21	20	21	31	19	23	17	13	13	13	20	22	20	22	20	19	19	13	11	18
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	20	21	31	19	23	17	12	12	12	20	22	20	22	20	19	19	11	9	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.8 ENE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E	0.6 NW	1.0 SE	1.2 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.2 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SE	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	11	11	12	12	13	12	8	7	8	8	13	14	14	13	8	9	9	13	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.2 S	0.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 ENE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.6 ENE	1.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	8	13	7	6	12	12	11	9	13	13	13	13	8	7	8	9	13	14	14	9	21	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 NNE	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	1.6 NE	2.3 NE	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	2.2 NE	1.9 NE	1.7 N	1.4 NNE	-	2.3 NE	-	-	1.7 SSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	5	-	-	7	8	7	8	8	8	6	6	-	8	-	-	6	9	7

	Wednesday 11						Thursday 12
	5PM	7PM	7PM	8PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	South Shore Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ESE	1.4 E	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.8 WSW	0.7 SE	1.1 NE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	0.8 SE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 NW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	11	6	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13
Energy(?)	922	557	830	812	614	604	183	234	134	334	283	283	342	321	321	395	198	437	524	448	39	316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	glass	glass	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)																		12:58PM 1.25				4:56PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)				7:03PM 0.48								6:54AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	24	23	22	23	23	15	14	14	12	11	11	12	17	18	17	18	19	19	22	20	20
Chill °C (?)	25	24	23	22	23	23	15	13	12	10	9	10	10	17	18	16	17	18	18	22	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.4 E	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.8 WSW	1.0 E	0.3 SE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	0.8 SE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	0.4 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	6	11	11	9	9	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.3 N	0.7 SE	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 WSW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	8	13	8	8	7	7	5	11	10	10	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 NE	-	-	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	-	1.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 NE	0.9 E	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	0.8 N
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	4	4	-	-	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	5	5	6	-	5

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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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