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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	Sun		Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sun
	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	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Maraenui East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Smaills Beach Otago	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Scott Point Northland	The Box Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	3	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSE	1.7 WSW	0.8 NE	1.2 ENE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.7 SSW	2.3 E	2.4 E	1.3 N	2.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 NNE	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	7	7	9	9	8	10	9	10	13	9	10	7	8	14	14	11	11	12	12	18
Energy(?)	718	770	137	266	1340	2718	95	2334	1737	552	1509	690	873	254	339	506	553	1034	750	1364	491	908
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:16PM 2.31		4:58AM 2.18	4:53PM 2.14	4:51AM 1.52	5:31AM 1.45	5:15PM 1.14			4:18PM 1.84		4:57AM 1.73	4:19PM 1.76	8:56PM 2.92	9:28AM 3.09		9:51PM 3.03	10:22AM 3.23			6:00AM 1.73	6:18PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		10:42PM 0.44	11:06AM 0.59		10:15PM 0.38	11:50AM 0.58		10:30PM 0.67	10:03AM 0.33		11:31PM 0.54	11:07AM 0.30		3:13AM 0.24		3:45PM 0.28		4:05AM 0.14	4:37PM 0.16	10:28PM -0.02	12:24PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	23	11	5	14	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	21	16	18	19	17	19	12	13	13	16	21	13	16	16	17	19	17	19	15	11	18	20
Low °C	21	15	16	18	15	17	11	12	12	16	17	12	15	15	16	18	17	18	13	9	17	20
Chill °C (?)	21	16	17	19	15	19	10	11	12	16	21	13	15	15	17	19	17	19	14	9	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	7:53	-	-	8:34	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:15	-	-	9:30	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:43	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	1.7 WSW	0.8 NE	0.7 N	0.6 WSW	2.5 S	0.7 SSW	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.3 N	2.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 NNE	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	7	8	11	10	8	10	9	10	13	9	10	7	8	14	8	11	11	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 WSW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	0.3 S	1.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.7 W	0.3 SE	1.2 SE	0.7 WSW	0.7 NW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	17	13	9	6	12	11	9	8	15	11	8	11	7	14	11	14	13	18	16	18	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	1.2 ENE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.6 SE	2.5 S	2.4 E	-	0.7 NE	-	1.5 W	-	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.9 SSE	-
Period (s)	9	3	3	7	9	9	6	9	9	-	4	-	8	-	-	8	-	-	3	-	6	-

	Sunday 28			Monday 29								Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Tapuaetahi Northland	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Ruakaka Northland	Maraenui East Cape	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Stent Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	4.0 N	2.2 ENE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSE	1.9 SE	2.3 S	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	7	8	10	12	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1209	1137	1103	1230	1578	1838	1626	1673	266	1252	2419	4083	1066	3317	2718	1974	1176	1866	3095	1162	1576	1297
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		4:16PM 2.31				4:24AM 1.29			2:14PM 1.69				1:57AM 1.65	6:21AM 2.64				6:43PM 2.72			2:11AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)				10:18PM 0.64							9:33PM 0.64					12:36PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	12	10	-	3	1	9	4	-	-	2	2	1	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	17	18	16	16	19	21	18	18	19	20	18	15	17	20	20	19	16	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	20	20	16	17	15	15	18	21	18	18	19	20	18	14	16	20	20	19	15	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.1 ENE	0.7 N	0.2 NNE	3.5 NNE	4.0 N	1.8 ENE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.2 NNW	1.8 NNW	2.3 S	1.4 ENE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	8	13	10	12	8	10	10	9	11	11	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 N	0.4 N	-	0.1 N	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 N	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	2.1 NNW	1.0 S	0.4 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	18	18	18	6	12	11	11	13	9	-	16	-	6	12	12	6	12	12	10	10	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 ESE	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 ENE	1.2 ENE	3.0 NNE	-	-	2.2 ENE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSE	1.9 SE	2.3 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	-	3	3	4	10	10	10	9	7	8	-	-	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Sunday 28										Monday 29
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Tapuaetahi Northland	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Ruakaka Northland	Maraenui East Cape	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Stent Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	1.4 ENE	0.8 N	0.3 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	9	8	8	6	6	6	5	6	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9
Energy(?)	1306	1179	1209	1284	718	932	1018	69	94	127	128	92	25	690	679	667	597	726	743	80	53	57
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					3:07PM 1.36								1:01AM 1.58				5:11AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)								8:34PM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	19	21	21	21	18	17	17	18	16	17	16	15	15	16	16	17	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	19	21	21	21	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	14	14	15	16	16	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.5 N	0.8 N	0.3 ENE	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	6	6	6	7	6	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NNE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	19	18	18	7	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	12	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 NE	1.4 ENE	-	0.3 ESE	0.4 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	4	-	4	5	-	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	4	3	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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