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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	Mon		Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Mon
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anaura Bay East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	5	9	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.6 NE	2.0 ESE	3.0 NNE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	1.4 E	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	4.5 S	4.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	14	9	11	8	10	10	10	12	10	12	9	12	14	12	13	14	12	16
Energy(?)	506	769	543	523	518	449	945	1873	5939	2358	2592	3395	2136	4594	585	2030	2755	5642	9832	2980	2952	1506
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		11:28PM 2.90	11:51AM 3.11		12:04AM 2.95	12:24PM 3.15		9:37PM 1.57	12:59PM 3.15		1:14AM 3.13			12:23AM 1.29	12:23PM 1.54		11:47PM 1.72	7:36AM 1.99		2:27AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)			5:37AM 0.27	6:01PM 0.30		6:12AM 0.23	5:16PM 0.19	3:49AM 0.20	6:49AM 0.22		7:10PM 0.44	7:23AM 0.45	6:21PM 0.20		6:07AM 0.39	4:37PM 0.43					7:24AM 0.52	3:18PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	70	24	15	-	-	1	10	-	10	-	2	1	7	-	-
High °C	22	19	20	24	14	18	21	23	23	17	22	15	16	13	15	11	11	11	15	15	19	14
Low °C	21	15	17	23	13	18	21	22	22	17	19	15	14	7	14	9	10	11	14	13	15	14
Chill °C (?)	22	19	20	24	13	18	21	23	23	17	22	14	14	12	13	10	10	9	13	13	19	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:13	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:07	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	1.6 NE	2.0 ESE	1.6 ESE	4.0 ENE	0.6 S	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.0 NNW	4.0 W	1.4 E	2.4 SSW	2.5 S	0.6 E	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	8	7	8	14	9	11	9	10	10	10	12	12	12	9	12	14	10	14	14	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 N	0.1 NE	0.3 N	-	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 NNW	0.2 S	1.4 E	1.2 E	-	0.9 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	-
Period (s)	9	11	12	11	7	12	13	16	-	20	13	16	15	11	10	10	10	-	10	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 E	-	-	3.0 NNE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	2.1 SSW	3.0 WSW	-	1.7 S	-	-	4.5 S	4.0 S	-	-	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	-	-	8	10	10	-	8	10	-	6	-	-	12	13	-	-	16

	Monday 19			Tuesday 20								Wednesday 21									Thu
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Papatea Bay East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Dinner Plates Catlins	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 E	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.1 S	1.9 NE	1.7 E	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	3.0 NE	2.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	7	7	7	9	8	7	7	7	6	11	11	11	14	9	8	11	11	9	8
Energy(?)	506	610	1209	777	555	595	819	568	555	823	684	573	2173	1107	1005	587	601	759	1039	946	1636	1292
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low-flow	mid-flow	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)				11:28PM 2.90								12:00AM 3.14						4:57PM 2.08				5:41AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)						5:36AM 0.28				5:52PM 0.50				4:05AM 0.20			3:54PM 0.39		5:27PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	mod. rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	7	-
Temp. °C	22	21	19	17	16	15	20	18	18	19	19	18	19	19	20	18	17	18	23	20	16	14
Chill °C (?)	22	21	19	17	15	14	20	17	18	19	19	18	19	19	20	17	17	18	23	20	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	0.4 NNW	1.2 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.1 S	0.3 N	0.7 S	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	0.2 N	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	12	11	8	8	7	7	9	13	7	7	7	7	11	11	11	14	12	10	11	11	17	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 E	0.2 N	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.2 N	0.5 SSW	0.6 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	11	11	11	11	8	15	12	13	13	13	14	8	8	10	10	22	12	14	15	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 E	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SE	2.1 SE	-	-	0.7 E	1.9 NE	1.7 E	-	-	3.0 NE	2.1 ENE
Period (s)	7	8	8	7	7	7	9	8	7	7	7	6	11	-	-	3	9	8	-	-	9	8

	Monday 19										Tuesday 20
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	6AM	7AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Papatea Bay East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Dinner Plates Catlins	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.5 SSE	1.9 E	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.5 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.4 SE	1.1 NE	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	8	13	8	8	8	13
Energy(?)	431	467	506	546	590	610	550	507	1209	608	510	456	524	527	499	46	315	519	546	452	210	853
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)								8:11PM 1.53			11:24PM 3.09										9:07AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)																						10:35AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	22	22	22	21	24	18	19	18	17	17	22	22	22	14	18	10	21	21	19	13
Chill °C (?)	22	23	22	22	22	21	24	18	19	17	16	16	22	22	22	13	18	7	21	21	19	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 E	0.4 N	1.9 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	0.5 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.2 E	1.4 SE	1.1 NE	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	8	15	8	11	11	11	8	8	8	9	8	13	8	8	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.2 N	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	0.4 N	0.4 S	0.1 NE	0.9 E	0.4 N	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	-	8	11	9	15	15	-	-	-	-	14	6	14	9	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.5 SSE	1.9 E	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.8 SE	-	0.9 ESE	1.7 SSE	-	-	0.8 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	9	9	9	4	-	4	8	-	-	4

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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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