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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thu
	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	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Great Exhibition Bay Northland
Rating	3	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SE	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 NE	0.7 SW	1.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	10	12	9	12	16	16	15	14	10	13	13	12	6	12	7
Energy(?)	996	773	573	482	268	346	434	480	680	843	1172	1119	1026	1085	882	83	615	509	503	244	244	240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	15	18	12	18	19	16	20	21	19	23	21	18	18	22	19	22	24	15	21
Low °C	21	22	20	15	17	11	18	19	15	19	21	17	20	20	17	15	21	18	19	24	15	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	15	18	11	18	19	15	20	21	19	23	21	18	18	22	19	22	24	14	21
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SE	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.2 ESE	1.1 SW	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	8	12	12	10	12	9	12	11	16	15	14	10	13	13	12	8	6	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.8 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.1 NE	0.7 SW	0.5 N
Period (s)	12	13	10	7	13	5	7	12	20	12	18	16	11	11	15	12	13	13	14	15	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	1.4 S	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	0.5 E	-	0.6 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	1.8 NE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	4	4	6	-	-

	Thursday 01						Friday 02							Saturday 03								Sun
	8AM	11AM	4PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	8PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 NNE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 ESE	1.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SE	1.2 W	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 S	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	14	10	10	12	12	11	11	12	7	12	12
Energy(?)	1113	996	538	773	742	653	573	692	532	473	631	257	649	309	530	642	641	680	744	545	690	680
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	25	22	22	21	20	22	23	20	16	17	20	14	10	10	12	13	19	19	16	15
Chill °C (?)	21	22	25	22	22	21	20	22	23	20	16	17	20	14	8	8	11	12	19	19	15	14
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.1 NE	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 ESE	1.5 WSW	0.9 W	1.3 SE	1.2 W	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	7	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	7	10	10	12	12	11	11	12	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.5 NE	0.2 NNE	0.4 SSE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 NE	0.3 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.5 SSE	0.2 N	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 S	0.6 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	8	13	10	11	10	10	10	11	8	14	9	7	21	20	20	19	7	12	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	1.1 SE	-	1.3 S	1.3 S	-	-	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	10	-	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	7

	Thursday 01																Friday 02
	6AM	7AM	10AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.0 NE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.3 NNE	2.0 W	1.7 ESE	1.0 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	8	12	6	14	14	13	13	8	8	7	7
Energy(?)	1021	1054	139	1011	1011	996	967	1136	1118	798	591	684	773	152	624	595	346	394	391	377	324	307
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	22	21	22	22	22	25	25	22	16	18	22	15	12	12	13	12	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	21	22	21	22	22	22	25	25	22	15	18	22	15	11	11	13	11	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.0 NE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.3 NNE	0.5 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.0 W	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	13	12	6	9	9	13	13	8	8	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.7 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.6 N	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	11	11	8	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	15	16	13	8	8	8	4	4	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 W	2.0 W	-	-	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	6	6	6

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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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