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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	Tue		Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tue
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatea Bay East Cape	Tauranga Bay Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Nugget Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Bluecliffs Southland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	5	5	4	9	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	3.5 NE	4.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSW	5.5 WSW	2.3 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSE	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	18	10	11	10	11	11	11	10	8	16	13	9	12	13	11	12	11	11	13	12	13
Energy(?)	1046	1208	2167	8361	1309	1721	1182	1208	226	187	4810	3278	375	1951	3406	1432	8040	1351	795	1074	5324	5183
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		2:11AM 2.06		12:57PM 2.70	1:12AM 2.70		1:32PM 2.59	10:16PM 1.65	10:43AM 1.59		1:28AM 2.62		12:10PM 1.53	11:12PM 1.38	11:28AM 1.80		11:42PM 1.55		12:25PM 1.36	12:19AM 1.24	11:42AM 1.63	1:13PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		8:05PM 0.27	7:32AM 0.36		7:06PM 0.35	6:36AM 0.58			4:32AM 0.24	4:52PM 0.35	7:26PM 0.71	6:19AM 0.77			5:22AM 0.63	5:24PM 0.31		5:54AM 0.49		6:15PM 0.33	5:13AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	-	5	-	-	-	1	2	6	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	3	-	-	1
High °C	10	10	13	14	13	15	16	15	9	8	7	9	16	13	16	8	6	14	7	14	14	15
Low °C	10	9	12	13	12	12	14	13	8	7	6	7	14	9	12	5	5	11	6	10	11	14
Chill °C (?)	9	9	11	11	11	15	16	13	5	5	3	7	15	11	16	4	1	12	3	12	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-
Sunset	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:15	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	4.0 ENE	0.2 S	2.5 E	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	0.4 E	0.5 E	3.0 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.5 NW	2.3 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSE	2.5 SSW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	13	18	-	11	16	11	11	11	10	8	16	13	10	11	13	10	13	11	11	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	0.3 N	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.1 W	-	-	0.2 E	0.3 S	-	0.5 N	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.3 SW
Period (s)	20	13	-	9	10	10	10	10	7	12	11	12	-	-	11	13	-	11	13	-	-	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 NE	4.5 E	2.5 E	-	-	0.7 NNW	0.3 W	0.6 W	1.2 WNW	-	1.4 S	2.5 S	-	2.5 SSW	5.5 WSW	1.0 W	-	0.5 WNW	3.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	10	11	10	-	-	8	2	3	5	-	9	12	-	11	12	4	-	3	12	-

	Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Three Points East Cape	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.5 NE	4.0 NE	2.3 NNE	1.5 WSW	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.1 ENE	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 NE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	17	16	17	18	17	18	16	11	11	12	16	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	4304	3217	3043	1208	1128	1029	1064	3097	3946	1377	1054	1851	1724	3048	1045	1042	1231	1131	1491	1087	1007	660
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)					12:38AM 2.83			9:18AM 1.65				10:58PM 2.44								9:17PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)			7:12PM 0.35				6:52AM 0.25			3:28PM 0.24	6:13PM 0.36			3:22AM 0.19				3:20PM 0.37			1:57AM 0.40	4:05AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	11	8	9	9	11	9	13	13	14	11	13	11	12	13	15	17	15	14	11	10	14
Chill °C (?)	12	11	7	8	8	10	9	11	11	12	10	11	9	10	12	14	17	14	13	10	10	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.5 NE	4.0 NE	2.3 NNE	1.5 WSW	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.1 ENE	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.0 NE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	17	16	17	18	17	14	16	11	11	12	16	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	-	0.3 N	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	17	-	11	13	13	18	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	16	10	10	10	10	9	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3	9

	Tuesday 26											Wednesday 27
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Three Points East Cape	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blackhead Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.1 NNE	1.3 WSW	3.0 NE	2.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.1 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.2 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.4 NE
Period(s) (?)	18	17	18	13	14	13	19	7	7	8	13	11	8	7	6	13	14	14	8	12	16	9
Energy(?)	2427	4678	2233	1046	1049	732	1126	279	287	157	1173	3257	773	319	112	64	69	69	744	120	175	991
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)									8:55PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)						5:40PM 0.48	6:31PM 0.24								2:40AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	11	12	9	10	10	13	10	11	11	10	12	13	10	12	11	8	11	11	12	9	8	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	8	9	9	12	9	9	9	8	11	10	8	10	10	6	9	9	10	7	6	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	1.1 NNE	1.3 WSW	3.0 NE	-	0.3 S	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	17	13	13	14	13	13	10	10	8	13	11	-	15	5	13	14	14	14	12	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 W	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	-	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	18	18	18	20	19	21	19	-	-	-	19	-	-	7	15	10	9	9	20	18	16	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	2.4 ESE	2.4 NE	1.6 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	2.2 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	2.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	9	8	7	6	5	6	6	8	5	5	9

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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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