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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	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tue
	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	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Te Araroa East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Nicks Point Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Back Beach Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	2.5 S	1.2 ENE	1.5 ESE	0.4 NNE	2.2 SSE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ENE	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 W	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	14	10	12	11	7	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1179	2001	442	967	132	1277	1026	738	244	947	248	1875	1386	4384	1527	2437	5927	3023	1739	1538	1343	1004
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:25PM 1.98			4:11PM 2.00				8:41PM 1.54	9:02AM 1.60		8:38PM 1.56	9:01AM 1.54		9:49PM 1.72	10:10AM 1.67		10:32PM 1.71	10:38AM 1.53		11:15PM 1.67	11:00AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)			11:07PM 0.13	10:01AM 0.12		12:43AM 0.10	8:11AM 0.12	1:38PM 0.13	2:53AM 0.15		1:03PM 0.22	2:53AM 0.43		4:44PM 0.36		4:01AM 0.34	4:24PM 0.37		4:37AM 0.50	5:09PM 0.42		4:55AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	9	13	13	12	18	14	18	20	24	20	19	18	17	15	17	20	15	19	22	19	17	18
Low °C	8	13	12	11	17	12	15	20	22	18	17	14	16	14	15	18	15	17	18	18	16	17
Chill °C (?)	8	11	11	10	18	14	18	20	24	20	19	18	17	14	17	20	13	19	22	19	17	18
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:15
Sunset	-	8:07	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:02	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:20	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	-	1.2 ENE	1.5 ESE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.3 SSE	1.2 W	0.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 W	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	0.3 N	2.5 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	11	-	11	11	12	10	12	11	10	10	14	14	15	15	15	15	12	15	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	-	0.2 NNE	1.3 S	0.6 NNE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.3 E	1.1 WSW	-	0.9 E	0.2 N	0.6 E	0.4 S	0.4 NW	0.1 N	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.4 NW
Period (s)	11	-	15	10	10	10	9	8	10	15	-	10	12	9	6	10	18	5	8	9	5	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 S	4.0 S	-	4.0 SSE	-	0.6 NNW	0.8 NE	1.5 ENE	0.6 N	1.7 WNW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 N
Period (s)	-	12	11	-	12	-	4	5	7	4	10	5	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	6

	Tuesday 03					Wednesday 04								Thursday 05								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Whareama Wairarapa	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Te Araroa East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	1.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 S	1.4 WSW	2.2 SSW	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	20	18	11	17	11	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	12	12	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1093	1664	849	1413	1426	1862	1271	3005	4738	4162	1171	1283	1047	1050	1345	1677	1324	1000	731	613	610	504
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)							1:26AM 2.19	6:28AM 1.52	7:27AM 1.62			6:53PM 1.53					7:49AM 1.71				8:19PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	9:00AM 0.14	11:21AM 0.14			9:38PM 0.03	11:51PM 0.08									1:36AM 0.18				1:39PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	9	13	10	11	9	11	10	11	15	16	12	15	12	15	13	12	15	18	19	17	16	19
Chill °C (?)	7	11	8	9	6	10	10	9	14	15	10	15	12	15	13	12	15	18	19	16	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	0.1 NE	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 S	1.4 WSW	2.3 SE	4.0 SSE	0.5 NE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	2.2 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	1.7 ESE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	11	17	10	12	10	11	11	10	11	10	12	12	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	-	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SE	0.6 SW	1.8 S	0.6 NE	0.4 E	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 NE
Period (s)	11	-	11	20	18	8	10	11	10	10	9	10	10	14	13	10	9	9	8	9	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 S	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	2.0 S	-	2.2 SSW	4.5 S	4.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	0.6 ENE	0.2 NNE	1.5 NNE
Period (s)	-	12	-	3	3	11	-	11	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	9	6

	Tuesday 03																Wednesday 04
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Whareama Wairarapa	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Te Araroa East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	3.0 S	0.6 WSW	3.5 S	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	2.2 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	1.0 ENE	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.5 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	11	12	20	11	14	14	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11
Energy(?)	1189	1998	1179	1191	1231	2338	474	2867	359	428	1178	3114	2827	393	3329	3316	3316	3370	1821	3742	3798	849
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																		12:46AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	6	11	8	10	10	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	10
Chill °C (?)	4	9	7	9	8	10	12	12	12	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	0.1 NE	2.2 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	-	0.9 SW	0.1 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 NE	2.2 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.9 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.6 SE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.6 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	-	10	10	14	14	11	10	10	10	14	13	13	12	9	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	-	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.6 WSW	0.1 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.0 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	0.1 NE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	11	-	11	11	11	-	20	16	10	10	10	16	16	11	10	10	10	-	16	14	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 S	-	-	-	3.0 S	0.4 ENE	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	-	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	2.5 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	-
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	-	12	3	11	10	10	-	12	12	-	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	-

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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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