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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	Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Mon
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Awatoto Rivermouth Hawkes Bay	Anaura Bay East Cape	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	The Island (Island Bay) Wellington	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Lyall Bay Wellington	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	7	5	6	6	6	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	2.5 E	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.0 SW	1.0 S	2.1 SE	3.0 NNE	4.5 ENE	3.0 E	3.5 ENE	0.8 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	9	7	7	7	12	14	11	8	10	10	11	16	10	9	14	13	15	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	405	1205	725	581	522	398	417	979	1696	7277	1586	2982	536	2987	2402	5145	2361	3750	4453	8489	3584	2075
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:39AM 1.82		11:28PM 2.90	11:29AM 3.59		12:04AM 2.95	12:24PM 3.15		10:58PM 1.54	12:59PM 3.15		1:18AM 2.95		1:36PM 3.12	1:59AM 2.91	12:27PM 1.43		1:14AM 1.30	1:05PM 1.38		11:22PM 1.62	11:53AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)		4:08PM 0.14		5:22AM 0.56	6:01PM 0.30		6:12AM 0.23	4:49PM 0.66		6:49AM 0.22		7:15PM 0.22	7:27AM 0.26		7:56PM 0.24	6:20AM 0.39	6:58PM 0.23		7:02AM 0.50	5:24PM 0.40		5:42AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	52	40	7	-	1	5	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	20	23	16	20	21	23	23	20	22	18	17	17	17	12	12	15	15	13	21
Low °C	17	19	16	16	23	16	18	21	22	23	19	19	17	17	12	15	11	11	14	15	13	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	20	23	16	20	21	23	23	20	22	18	17	16	17	10	10	14	13	13	21
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:39	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 N	1.6 S	1.3 S	0.9 E	1.0 SW	1.0 S	2.1 SE	1.3 E	4.0 ENE	0.1 S	3.5 ENE	1.4 W	1.2 NNW	0.9 WNW	0.7 NNW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	8	7	8	12	14	11	9	10	14	11	7	12	8	10	13	15	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 ESE	0.5 NNE	-	0.1 NE	0.2 N	-	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 NNW	1.0 SSE	1.3 E	0.4 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	9	9	11	12	11	7	-	13	15	-	14	11	16	16	11	7	10	10	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	2.5 E	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	-	0.6 E	-	3.0 NNE	4.5 ENE	3.0 E	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.9 WNW
Period (s)	7	9	7	7	7	-	3	-	8	10	10	-	-	10	9	14	-	-	-	-	11	4

	Monday 19							Tuesday 20									Wednesday 21
	2AM	5AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	3AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	The Box Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	1.7 E	1.5 SE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SE	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	7	8	7	8	8	9	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	14	14	13
Energy(?)	553	710	405	524	506	602	1231	749	814	642	581	531	616	782	793	1010	2150	2133	1023	406	480	513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				10:53AM 3.50								11:49AM 3.10				10:33PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)		2:49AM 0.27				5:25PM 0.39				5:36AM 0.28				6:01PM 0.30				4:05AM 0.20			2:16PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	17	20	22	21	19	20	24	16	16	20	20	20	18	19	19	18	20	20	21	19
Chill °C (?)	21	21	16	20	22	21	19	20	24	15	15	20	20	20	18	19	19	18	20	20	21	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 E	0.6 SW	1.5 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.0 S	1.7 E	1.5 SE	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	2.0 SE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 SE	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	8	8	12	8	12	11	8	9	10	7	7	7	7	8	8	11	11	11	11	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 NW	0.8 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	1.2 NE	1.0 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	8	16	9	12	9	9	11	8	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	8	14	13	13	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	1.9 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	-	1.0 NE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	2.1 SE	2.2 SE	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	7	-	7	8	8	-	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	11	11	-	3	3	6

	Monday 19
	0AM	1AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	The Box Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 E	2.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 E	1.0 S	1.6 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	9	8	8	7	9	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	7	7	7
Energy(?)	556	810	462	535	450	416	408	1443	331	405	433	431	469	508	506	654	543	604	598	134	132	242
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											11:14AM 3.01
Low Tide / height (m)				4:46AM 0.64														4:16PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	21	14	19	14	14	15	20	24	18	19	20	21	22	21	23	24	24	24	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	22	21	12	18	12	12	14	19	24	18	19	20	21	22	21	23	24	24	24	12	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 E	1.4 E	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 N	1.0 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 SSE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	11	12	12	12	12	14	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	8	8	8	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.3 NW	0.6 S	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.9 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.2 E	-	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	9	10	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	-	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 E	-	1.6 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	-	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	8	8	7	9	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	9	9	9	7	7	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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