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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	Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sun
	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	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Colac Bay Southland	Long Point Catlins	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Long Point Catlins	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	2	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 S	2.5 WNW	2.4 W	1.1 SSE	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 W	1.0 S	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	16	15	10	9	15	13	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	441	1349	1025	346	299	581	296	1405	1032	281	820	1582	1158	1899	986	423	4068	1401	540	1288	1209	1468
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:00PM 1.98	4:50PM 2.21	11:33PM 3.28	11:49AM 3.47		12:10AM 3.28	12:26PM 3.46		12:58AM 2.78	12:46PM 2.33		12:52AM 2.25	8:05AM 1.73		9:46PM 1.30	10:08AM 1.45	6:18PM 1.93	10:33PM 1.32	10:55AM 1.44		12:07AM 1.38	11:44AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)				5:42AM 0.70	4:55PM 0.49		6:20AM 0.71	6:23PM 0.62		6:38AM 0.57	6:53PM 0.44			2:31PM 0.40	3:53AM 0.26				4:40AM 0.25	4:23PM 0.34		5:31AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	3	1	2	4	1	-	12	13	1
High °C	21	18	17	15	18	20	26	17	17	20	13	19	14	13	17	21	19	11	14	10	13	17
Low °C	20	18	17	13	18	19	23	16	15	19	13	17	11	11	16	20	18	8	12	10	11	16
Chill °C (?)	21	18	17	14	18	20	26	16	16	20	10	19	13	13	16	21	19	8	13	8	11	17
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:39	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:36	-	-	8:43	-	-	9:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.1 S	2.5 WNW	0.2 S	1.1 SSE	0.7 SW	2.3 WSW	1.5 W	1.8 SW	1.6 W	1.0 S	3.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 SW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.1 W
Period (s)	11	12	12	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	19	11	9	15	10	9	15	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.5 NE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSE	-	0.1 SW	0.3 SE	0.3 NNE	0.1 N	-
Period (s)	14	13	13	8	9	6	9	-	10	12	14	21	16	9	16	12	-	22	10	13	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.3 NNW	-	2.4 W	0.7 NNE	1.4 WSW	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	1.2 ESE	-	1.8 W	2.2 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	10	4	11	-	-	-	8	7	-	6	7	-	-	-

	Sunday 21							Monday 22								Tuesday 23
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.5 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.0 S	1.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1335	1177	1703	1486	586	1180	1180	1161	575	946	678	560	524	597	617	581	1526	536	503	668	262	537
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		4:40AM 2.26		11:13AM 3.44				11:13PM 2.24				11:23AM 2.48		6:16PM 1.65	7:33PM 1.32				7:57AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)						5:25PM 0.79				5:22AM 0.54											3:12PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	17	18	21	18	16	17	14	17	19	20	15	14	19	20	14	20	23	23	27	21
Chill °C (?)	7	5	17	18	21	18	16	17	14	17	19	20	14	12	19	20	13	20	23	23	27	21
Sunrise	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 E	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.0 S	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	11	6	13	12	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.7 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 N	0.2 W	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	1.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.7 NE	1.3 NNE	0.1 E	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	13	13	8	13	13	13	8	12	12	12	8	8	6	6	11	10	7	7	9	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NNE	-	2.5 ENE	0.8 NNE	1.7 NNE	0.7 W	0.9 NW	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	6	-	8	6	7	4	4	5

	Sunday 21
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	5AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	0.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.9 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	8	12	11	10	11	13	13	13	9	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	8
Energy(?)	847	290	1375	1274	407	1144	1144	1349	958	1420	1374	1452	512	505	322	329	88	303	303	106	147	259
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)										10:53AM 2.34								6:50PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	7	16	16	20	16	16	17	16	18	18	18	12	12	13	13	10	12	12	10	13	11
Chill °C (?)	7	4	15	15	20	15	15	17	15	18	18	18	10	10	12	12	8	11	11	9	13	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 SW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	10	12	11	10	11	9	9	13	12	13	13	13	9	9	8	8	10	8	8	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.3 SE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.9 SSW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	12	12	14	13	14	13	13	10	14	10	13	13	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	8	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	8	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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