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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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7 day 48 hour

	Wed		Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Charleston West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Scott Point Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Whatipu Auckland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	4	5	5	7	9	8	6	6	5	5	4	4	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NNW	1.7 ESE	1.3 E	1.8 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	3.5 E	4.0 WSW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 W	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	17	17	16	14	10	11	12	13	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	10	13	13
Energy(?)	1618	576	522	1821	1015	991	1139	3511	1832	3327	4920	8449	9687	7640	6761	6505	3066	2347	1724	3712	8844	6123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on
High Tide / height (m)			4:53AM 1.50	5:23PM 1.61		4:49AM 1.34	5:45PM 1.43	12:37AM 2.02		1:09PM 2.01	11:52PM 2.81		12:15PM 2.72	12:32AM 2.85			2:41AM 2.06	8:56AM 1.55	3:13PM 2.00	8:08PM 1.95	6:09AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)	3:41PM 0.59	10:52PM 0.50	11:09AM 0.45		11:38PM 0.44	10:55AM 0.25		6:36PM 0.43	6:57AM 0.24			6:07AM 0.25		6:22PM 0.29	6:48AM 0.21	1:28PM 0.18	8:37PM 0.34			2:28AM 0.44		2:55PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	18	1	13	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	11	11	12	13	13	14	11	13	15	10	15	11	12	11	15	15	11	16	10	14	12	15
Low °C	11	10	10	12	12	12	10	11	12	10	14	9	10	10	14	14	11	13	9	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	9	9	11	12	12	13	9	10	15	7	14	7	10	9	14	14	11	15	8	13	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	5:17	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 WSW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.8 WSW	3.5 E	2.5 E	3.5 E	4.0 WSW	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.4 SW	-	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	17	17	16	14	10	11	12	13	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	14	18	-	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.5 WNW	1.2 NNW	1.3 N	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.2 ENE	0.7 SW	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	1.8 SW	0.3 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	12	12	7	8	7	-	15	14	14	12	13	-	-	-	18	-	14	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 NE	0.5 NW	-	-	0.2 ESE	4.0 ENE	1.5 N	-	-	1.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	5.0 W	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	7	-	-	9	10	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	13	13

	Wednesday 09			Thursday 10								Friday 11								Saturday 12

Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Charleston West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NNW	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.3 E	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	2.0 E	1.8 WSW	2.4 E	1.6 WSW	4.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	10	10	12	12	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	12	14	12	13	10	11	11
Energy(?)	1618	917	1045	576	543	1010	522	1484	1821	1807	869	1015	1133	991	991	1079	1139	1672	880	3511	5073	2403
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-flow	low	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:38PM 1.59				4:05AM 1.33		11:48AM 1.94				10:32PM 2.66					12:29PM 1.98					5:33AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)				10:52PM 0.50						5:56PM 0.49				4:45AM 0.41		11:08AM 0.25			6:36PM 0.43	11:25PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	11	11	11	12	10	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	14	11	14	10	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	11	9	10	10	11	9	11	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	13	9	12	8	13	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNW	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 NNW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	0.2 SSE	1.8 WSW	0.3 SSE	1.6 WSW	3.5 E	4.0 E	3.0 E
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	10	12	10	17	17	16	8	17	17	16	16	9	14	9	13	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.3 S	1.3 E	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	1.2 W	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 N	1.3 N	0.1 SW	-	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	11	11	12	12	9	12	7	7	7	17	8	7	7	7	17	-	17	18	15	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 N	0.7 NE	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 E	0.2 ESE	2.4 E	0.5 ESE	4.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	1.7 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	9	12	8	10	11	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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