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

	Wed	Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28
	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	Tuamotu Island Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	7	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 E	4.0 ENE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	0.5 SSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 S	4.0 W	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	1.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	0.3 SW	1.9 W
Period(s) (?)	8	10	10	11	11	14	13	8	13	9	9	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	16	15	13	8
Energy(?)	823	3044	1780	1898	1548	140	1553	822	5280	1610	737	2139	1989	1162	3712	3067	1213	1142	600	1108	43	665
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:43PM 1.89	11:08AM 1.60		10:26PM 1.66	10:22AM 1.99		10:31PM 1.43	9:32AM 1.69		11:01PM 1.61	10:32AM 1.46		11:22PM 1.62	11:37AM 1.40		11:46PM 1.96	10:35AM 1.58			7:27AM 1.75		1:48AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			4:47PM 0.48		4:01AM 0.56	3:57PM 0.18			4:42PM 0.13		4:20AM 0.20	5:24PM 0.40		5:27AM 0.17	5:41PM 0.16		4:30AM 0.34	4:38PM 0.32	1:06AM 0.61		1:45PM 0.62	7:37PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	43	1	-	-	1	6	2	5	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1
High °C	21	25	24	17	20	12	14	13	15	14	17	17	15	18	14	12	15	19	17	20	13	14
Low °C	17	22	23	16	19	11	11	11	15	13	16	16	14	17	14	11	13	18	15	19	12	12
Chill °C (?)	21	25	24	17	20	10	13	11	14	12	17	17	13	18	12	10	15	19	17	20	13	13
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:31	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:02	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	4.0 ENE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 WSW	0.9 E	4.0 W	0.6 E	2.1 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.6 E	1.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	10	10	11	11	12	13	10	13	9	9	12	12	12	10	10	11	9	9	15	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 SE	0.4 NW	0.1 E	0.2 NNW	0.7 E	0.3 E	0.8 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.2 S	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	13	12	10	10	14	7	9	12	13	9	9	10	12	11	11	16	16	16	9	6	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 E	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	1.0 SSW	-	2.1 S	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	1.9 W
Period (s)	8	-	-	4	-	5	-	8	-	9	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	8

	Wed		Thursday 22							Friday 23								Saturday 24
	10PM	11PM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Pauanui Beach Coromandel	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Tuamotu Island Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Fields Canterbury	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	4	3	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 N	2.0 ESE	3.5 NE	3.0 NE	5.0 NE	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.7 E	2.2 E	1.8 E	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	11	9	10	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	8
Energy(?)	1501	962	3171	1901	6600	3469	1981	1315	2124	1026	1795	1477	1332	1127	1212	1095	1301	1146	4193	5582	5248	1509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	high
High Tide / height (m)					9:40AM 1.95				9:03PM 1.13				9:18AM 1.52				7:14PM 1.60		3:34AM 1.94			10:01AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)							3:48PM 0.22				2:40AM 0.20				3:16PM 0.21						9:41AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	clear	mod. rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	22	-	7	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	23	22	21	21	27	16	19	19	16	16	19	22	17	18	12	10	12	11	14	13
Chill °C (?)	22	20	23	22	21	21	27	16	18	19	16	16	19	22	17	18	10	7	12	10	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 N	2.0 ESE	3.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 E	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.7 E	2.2 E	1.8 E	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.2 S
Period (s)	8	11	9	10	10	11	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.5 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	8	14	17	17	14	12	12	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 N	-	2.2 N	-	5.0 NE	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.4 NW	-	-	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	8	-	9	-	11	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	3	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	8

	Wednesday 21				Thursday 22
	8PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Pauanui Beach Coromandel	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Tuamotu Island Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Fields Canterbury	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	4	3	4	4	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NNE	2.0 ESE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	2.1 E	3.0 ENE	4.0 NE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.0 S	2.5 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	11	9	10	8	8	9	8	8	13	9	12	12	9	9	9	8	18	18	18	18	10
Energy(?)	763	969	5376	2962	742	1546	3260	927	1401	352	1085	233	225	2005	2485	2291	789	172	1430	1214	1199	353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														8:23AM 1.43						2:30PM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)																		12:15PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	14	-	18	14	8	2	7	4	3	1	7	-	1	1	4	3	3	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	21	22	22	17	16	18	16	16	19	16	17	17	17	17	17	15	15	19	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	23	21	22	22	15	14	17	14	14	18	16	16	16	16	17	17	14	14	19	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	2.0 ESE	4.0 ENE	0.1 NE	0.7 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	2.5 E	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	2.4 E	2.4 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	12	11	9	17	14	13	14	11	13	13	9	12	12	12	9	9	10	9	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	0.2 N	0.1 S	-	-	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 S
Period (s)	16	13	17	15	18	-	16	22	-	-	11	22	22	22	11	11	18	18	18	18	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NNE	-	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	2.1 E	3.0 ENE	4.0 NE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	-	9	10	8	8	9	8	8	9	-	8	8	9	9	9	8	8	11	5	5	3

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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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