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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	Fri	Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Fairway Reef Northland	Parengarenga Harbour Bar Northland	Pauanui Beach Coromandel	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	4	7	5	9	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	5.0 ENE	5.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.5 NE	6.0 NNE	2.5 NNE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	7	9	8	7	7	10	6	11	14	14	11	11	10	11	10	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1353	1290	936	727	445	292	462	279	376	595	518	748	272	593	1794	1488	7664	8309	6305	5322	8274	3023
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:39AM 3.24		9:53PM 2.24	9:57AM 2.30		10:18PM 2.23	10:53AM 3.50		11:11PM 2.41	11:09AM 2.44		10:33PM 1.14	12:24PM 3.15		12:40AM 2.97	12:59PM 3.15		11:52PM 1.12	12:03PM 1.45		1:58AM 2.90
Low Tide / height (m)	3:26AM 0.50		3:55PM 0.54			4:09PM 0.60		4:46AM 0.64	5:12PM 0.32		5:02AM 0.45	4:41PM 0.10	4:05AM 0.26	6:12AM 0.23	6:38PM 0.24		6:49AM 0.22			5:40AM 0.27	6:21PM 0.20	7:55PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	6
High °C	19	22	21	10	19	25	16	20	21	25	19	24	14	19	24	22	23	23	22	23	24	20
Low °C	18	20	21	8	16	24	13	16	20	24	15	23	13	17	24	18	23	22	19	21	23	17
Chill °C (?)	19	22	21	9	19	25	15	20	21	25	19	24	13	19	24	22	23	23	22	23	24	20
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:43	-	-	7:46	-	-	8:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:40	-	-	8:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 E	0.8 SSW	1.2 S	0.1 NE	2.5 SE	3.0 N	2.0 N	3.0 N	2.1 E	0.5 S	2.5 NNE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	9	11	12	12	10	7	8	14	14	11	11	13	13	12	9	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.7 NE	0.4 NW	0.9 E	0.3 NW	0.9 ENE	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	1.2 SE	0.7 SW	-	0.4 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 W	0.1 N	-	0.3 SSE	2.2 NNW
Period (s)	8	10	10	8	10	8	10	9	9	10	11	-	8	7	14	13	-	21	18	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 S	-	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE	3.0 SE	1.7 SSW	5.0 ENE	5.5 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.5 NE	6.0 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	8	7	7	-	6	11	4	6	11	7	10	11	10	11	11	-

	Fri	Saturday 17								Sunday 18								Monday 19
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 SE	2.5 E	1.9 E	1.3 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	9	8	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	7
Energy(?)	1164	1278	1383	1254	1290	1266	1191	1080	775	695	1004	1119	1112	485	551	563	544	542	623	1093	763	268
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:09PM 2.14				9:19AM 2.21				9:53PM 2.24					10:37AM 2.89				10:51PM 2.81				11:14AM 3.01
Low Tide / height (m)			3:26AM 0.50				3:32PM 0.67				3:49AM 0.58	2:10AM 0.30				4:47PM 0.51				2:49AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	18	18	20	22	22	21	20	18	19	20	21	19	20	19	16	14	22	23	21	20
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	18	20	22	22	21	20	18	19	20	21	19	20	19	15	12	22	23	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 SE	2.5 E	1.9 E	0.6 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	10	9	11	11	11	11	12	9	9	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NNE	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 SSE	0.6 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.1 NW
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	8	9	16	16	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.7 S	1.3 ENE	-	-	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	8	8	8	-	-	7

	Friday 16				Saturday 17
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	5AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	2.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	7
Energy(?)	1388	1613	1164	1149	1354	1353	1313	1170	1383	1284	1304	159	153	596	621	574	562	625	120	120	76	722
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:09PM 2.14												9:57AM 2.75
Low Tide / height (m)									3:26AM 0.50													4:07PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	21	25	25	25	21
Chill °C (?)	20	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	21	25	25	25	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 ENE	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	6	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NE	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.0 S	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.1 E	0.4 NW
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	6	6	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.9 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	5	5	5	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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