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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	Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Sat
	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	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Kaka Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Scott Point Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Punakaiki West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	5	4	2	5	4	6	4	5	5	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 S	2.0 NNE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.4 NE	2.5 W	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	8	11	13	12	7	8	11	11	11	10	10	6	10	17	16	18	17	16	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1402	951	1441	1703	1349	289	763	411	666	572	2034	1397	370	1991	1061	2486	1508	1793	2832	2223	4525	2774
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:25PM 1.44	10:57PM 3.24	7:28AM 1.62		1:22AM 1.96	11:49AM 3.47	5:28PM 2.19	12:10AM 3.28	12:26PM 3.46		12:49AM 3.25			1:11AM 2.18	12:40PM 1.62		8:23PM 1.59	10:37AM 1.40		10:33PM 1.32	2:00PM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)	12:29PM 0.66				5:25PM 0.79	7:10PM 0.59	5:42AM 0.70			6:20AM 0.71	6:43PM 0.81		6:58AM 0.74		7:06PM 0.63	5:47AM 0.18	2:33PM 0.36	2:43AM 0.36	4:24AM 0.24	4:30PM 0.24		8:02AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	20	6	-	-	-	2	20	10
High °C	20	13	17	18	18	9	32	18	20	23	16	15	15	14	11	11	20	18	21	12	12	13
Low °C	19	13	16	17	18	8	26	18	18	22	15	14	13	14	8	11	19	18	19	12	11	13
Chill °C (?)	20	10	16	18	18	8	32	18	20	23	15	15	14	12	9	10	20	18	21	12	11	11
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:15	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:27	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:28	-	-	9:42	-	-	8:42	-	-	9:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.2 N	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 S	1.3 NE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 WNW	2.5 WNW	0.9 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	2.2 W	1.9 SW	1.8 WSW	2.4 SW	2.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W
Period (s)	14	10	14	13	12	7	8	11	11	11	10	10	6	19	17	11	10	10	16	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 N	0.7 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.6 NE	0.7 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.8 SSE	-	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 N	-	0.4 NNE	-
Period (s)	14	17	14	13	13	8	9	10	5	7	16	15	9	-	12	16	18	17	13	-	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	2.0 NNE	0.5 NE	-	1.6 N	-	-	1.4 NE	2.5 W	-	0.5 N	-	-	1.4 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	8	11	-	-	-	8	3	-	7	-	-	6	10	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	-

	Saturday 20					Sunday 21								Monday 22
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast
Rating	3	3	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 NNE	1.6 SE	1.4 SSE	0.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	11	10	11	8	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	10	10	10	11	11	9
Energy(?)	827	505	1344	396	1358	1018	1375	1153	1703	1486	1276	1180	1180	1112	964	1226	558	503	282	593	591	1248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:59PM 1.51		12:44AM 1.96		4:40AM 2.26		11:13AM 3.44				11:13PM 2.24							7:33PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		12:29PM 0.66										5:25PM 0.79				3:35AM 0.15		12:19PM 0.41	2:08PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	13	20	16	17	10	16	8	17	18	18	18	16	18	18	24	9	15	21	18	19	14
Chill °C (?)	10	13	20	15	16	8	15	5	17	18	18	18	16	18	18	24	8	14	21	18	19	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	0.1 N	2.0 SW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 NE	1.6 SE	1.4 SSE	0.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	11	10	11	10	11	6	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	10	10	10	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SE	0.8 SW	0.1 N	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	8	14	16	10	15	12	14	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	8	8	9	5	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	3.0 WSW	-	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NNE	-	-	0.5 NE	1.2 NNE	1.4 NNE	2.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	8	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	3	6	6	9

	Saturday 20																Sunday 21
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast
Rating	3	3	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	0.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 NNE	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	0.4 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	11	6	11	8	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	12	8	9	8	8	9
Energy(?)	1040	699	1402	142	1426	1391	1358	385	1344	1391	1312	1336	1297	1551	1442	350	1139	375	280	303	303	53
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	glass	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)						12:23PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)										4:49PM 0.80							11:22PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
High °C	10	10	19	18	20	13	20	10	20	20	20	19	18	19	18	24	9	10	11	10	10	15
Chill °C (?)	9	10	18	18	20	10	20	7	20	20	20	19	18	19	18	24	5	8	9	8	8	15
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.4 ENE	2.5 SW	0.2 N	2.4 SW	0.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 NE	0.3 SE	0.5 SE	1.3 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	9	9	14	8	11	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	9	9	9	12	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	0.1 NW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SW	0.1 N	0.3 SW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 S
Period (s)	8	9	14	9	16	17	16	9	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	10	8	13	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	-	3.5 WSW	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NNE	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.5 W	1.3 S	1.3 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	6	-	8	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	12	8	3	8	8	-

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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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