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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	Wed		Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wed
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Papatowai Catlins	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Kairaki Beach Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	2	1	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NNW	1.9 SE	1.7 E	1.6 ESE	1.3 WSW	0.5 E	1.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 W	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	10	12	8	8	12	13	13	10	12	9	18	16	16	15	14	14	8	13	8	11
Energy(?)	1077	1082	808	727	316	41	682	320	625	453	607	470	1124	1106	1007	835	807	579	399	383	208	373
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:30AM 1.85		7:29PM 1.11	9:38PM 2.96	8:18AM 1.78		8:29PM 1.10		3:12PM 2.04	9:13PM 1.16	9:44AM 2.02		10:11PM 1.13	10:17AM 1.87		11:04PM 1.08	12:44PM 3.32		2:52AM 2.05	6:18AM 2.03	3:56PM 2.16
Low Tide / height (m)		7:06PM 0.15	7:27AM 0.20	2:05PM 0.35	3:51AM 0.26		2:57PM 0.25	2:00AM 0.17	9:04AM 0.12		2:55AM 0.07		4:27PM 0.15	3:40AM 0.17		5:09PM 0.15	4:46AM 0.16	6:31AM 0.05	5:49PM 0.18	8:39PM 0.28	12:35PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	16	23	17	15	16	17	18	18	17	22	22	18	22	23	18	24	18	19	18	20
Low °C	18	18	14	23	17	15	16	16	17	17	15	19	22	17	20	21	17	21	17	18	18	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	16	23	17	14	15	17	18	18	17	22	22	18	22	23	18	24	18	19	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:07	-
Sunset	9:07	-	-	7:51	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NNW	1.9 SE	1.7 E	1.6 ESE	1.3 WSW	0.5 E	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 W
Period (s)	11	12	10	12	8	8	12	7	13	10	12	9	12	11	16	15	14	14	8	13	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.2 NNE	1.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.3 SE	0.3 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.3 N	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 NW	1.0 W	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	11	8	13	12	7	8	13	12	12	20	12	18	16	11	11	15	15	-	15	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	0.7 W	-	1.5 W	1.3 S	1.4 S	-	-	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 SE	1.0 W	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	-	-	6	-	7	6	7	-	-	7	7	6	3	5	7	3	-	-

	Wednesday 31				Thursday 01								Friday 02							Saturday 03
	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	7PM	8PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ESE	2.4 E	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	2.5 NNW	2.0 SE	1.8 ESE	1.9 SE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	0.7 WSW	1.4 SE	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	12	9	12	13	12	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	10	9	12	12
Energy(?)	1225	1124	1101	1022	1111	1131	1113	1044	690	693	695	700	573	552	640	404	400	282	736	521	536	575
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low
High Tide / height (m)							7:23AM 1.79		1:21PM 1.90		7:29PM 1.11				7:51AM 1.80	8:13AM 1.91				11:29PM 2.07	2:52AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)					2:52AM 0.37								1:18AM 0.14									6:30AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	12	21	16	21	21	20	15	14	22	21	21	19	19	22	23	18	21	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	13	12	21	16	21	21	20	14	13	22	21	21	19	19	22	23	18	21	14	9	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 ESE	2.4 E	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	2.5 NNW	2.0 SE	1.8 ESE	1.9 SE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.5 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 WSW	1.4 SE	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	10	10	12	9	12	13	12	9	9	12	12	12	7	7	11	11	7	10	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.5 W	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	1.2 SE	1.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.4 SE	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	8	8	11	13	11	12	11	8	8	10	11	10	11	11	9	10	14	9	12	21	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	1.2 SE	0.4 S	-	-	1.4 SSE	-	1.3 S	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	8	3	-	-	9	-	7	-

	Wednesday 31												Thursday 01
	2PM	3PM	4PM	3PM	6PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	7AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.0 ESE	1.9 NNW	2.1 SE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	1.7 WNW	1.8 ESE	1.8 NNE	1.7 E	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	12	10	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	10	10	15
Energy(?)	1519	1069	996	1122	1022	1315	1008	1158	1155	1158	1022	1022	948	1082	1082	972	1220	708	1021	944	808	256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	on	cross	off	on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	on	glass	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								6:24PM 1.08														10:43AM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)														12:12AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	13	23	19	24	23	20	12	12	21	21	21	18	18	20	21	17	19	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	16	12	12	23	19	24	23	20	11	12	21	21	21	18	18	20	21	16	19	16	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	5:48	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.0 ESE	1.9 NNW	2.1 SE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	1.7 WNW	1.8 ESE	1.8 NNE	1.7 E	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	10	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.0 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 NNE	0.7 W	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	1.1 SE	1.2 SE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.1 NE	0.7 WSW	1.1 SE	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	9	13	15	11	12	13	8	8	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	14	11	12	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NNW	-	0.6 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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