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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	Fri		Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Fri
	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	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Shag Beach Otago	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Shag Beach Otago	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Herangi Beach Northland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Blackhead Wairarapa	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape
Rating	5	4	4	4	7	5	5	9	5	6	7	4	8	9	7	5	5	5	5	6	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	2.2 NNE	1.8 NE	2.3 NE	2.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	1.9 S	2.0 WSW	5.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.5 S
Period(s)	11	7	13	13	14	9	14	13	14	13	11	13	14	13	13	12	14	14	11	11	16	15
Energy	689	634	1211	1700	2885	632	4375	8533	4333	6307	875	1306	8915	7224	11691	5108	3025	3036	1332	2178	3783	2821
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:18AM 1.96		2:17AM 1.45		3:06PM 1.01	1:12AM 1.57		2:06PM 1.49	2:49AM 1.62			11:34PM 1.63	11:54AM 1.61	1:32PM 1.54	1:58AM 1.60		2:54PM 1.37	8:42PM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)	6:03PM 0.49	10:54PM 0.76			7:05PM 0.38	7:18AM 0.47		6:54PM 0.44	7:35AM 0.47		8:12PM 0.44	8:58AM 0.42	5:17PM 0.30		5:42AM 0.28		7:33PM 0.46	8:07AM 0.46		2:50AM 0.33	6:56AM 0.13	4:35PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	12	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	18	18	12	15	14	7	14	12	9	14	11	10	12	14	17	10	12	12	12	13
Low °C	18	15	16	15	9	13	13	6	11	10	9	12	11	9	10	12	15	9	11	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	21	17	18	18	10	15	12	3	13	10	7	13	8	7	10	12	16	8	10	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	5:06	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	0.8 NE	1.8 NE	2.3 NE	1.1 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.1 N	0.4 ENE	3.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 WSW	0.4 ENE	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	0.5 E	1.1 S	2.5 S	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	13	13	10	9	11	13	14	12	11	13	11	13	13	12	14	14	9	19	16	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	1.1 N	0.9 N	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.7 ENE	-	0.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	10	8	7	7	-	13	-	-	7	14	11	-	26	22	19	18	21	10	17	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.2 NNE	-	-	2.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	3.5 WSW	5.0 SSW	-	4.0 SW	-	-	5.0 SSW	-	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.0 E	-	2.2 S	2.2 S	-	2.5 S
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	14	9	14	13	-	13	-	-	14	-	13	12	4	-	11	11	-	15

	Friday 08				Saturday 09							Sunday 10								Monday 11
	1PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	6AM	7AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Seconds (White Rock) Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	7	4	5	5	4	5	9	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 S	3.0 S	1.8 NE	3.5 SSW	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.3 NE	3.0 SSW	1.6 S	3.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 W	4.0 SSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s)	11	13	16	10	12	14	11	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy	1098	1198	1060	1573	3142	1403	3951	1398	1591	2057	2048	1840	5112	1179	6808	1321	3111	3240	1898	3266	9044	6120
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	12:52PM 0.74	4:43PM 1.67						11:52AM 1.46								11:12AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)											6:31PM 0.41			3:33AM 0.48				5:16PM 0.49		11:18PM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	6	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	13	11	17	15	15	12	18	18	15	15	13	10	9	11	15	14	13	14	11	5	7
Chill °C (?)	16	12	10	16	14	14	11	18	18	14	14	12	8	7	10	15	14	13	12	9	1	4
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 NE	2.5 S	2.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.4 NE	2.4 NE	2.3 NE	1.9 S	1.6 S	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 W	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	13	16	9	9	14	11	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 WSW	0.1 E	0.7 E	0.8 SSE	1.6 N	0.5 E	0.8 N	0.7 N	0.9 NNW	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 ENE	-	0.5 ENE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	17	10	10	12	7	11	7	7	7	-	7	10	10	10	13	13	12	12	-	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	2.3 S	3.0 S	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	1.1 NW	0.6 W	3.0 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 W	2.5 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	17	10	12	-	11	-	-	-	7	3	14	-	14	-	-	-	3	10	13	13

	Friday 08											Saturday 09
	11AM	2PM	3PM	2PM	3PM	6PM	5PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	All Day Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Shag Beach Otago	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Seconds (White Rock) Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	7	4	5	5	4	5	9	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 NNE	2.4 S	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	2.1 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.7 ENE	2.5 W	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW
Period(s)	9	11	16	11	11	6	11	7	7	6	7	7	9	10	13	13	13	13	8	16	16	15
Energy	789	1151	427	771	713	434	2265	396	366	462	574	634	572	820	316	37	69	68	430	6102	412	797
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					8:15AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)						5:46PM 0.39									2:43AM 0.50		4:41AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	21	21	17	21	17	18	18	18	17	13	13	12	16	15	15	15	14	9	10
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	21	21	16	21	16	17	17	17	16	12	11	10	14	12	12	14	12	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.6 WSW	0.8 W	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 NE	1.9 S	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	3.5 NNW	1.4 ENE	1.2 SW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	10	10	13	9	9	8	10	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	10	16	13	10	10	-	11	-	-	-	8	8	13	13	17	10	13	13	14	17	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 NNE	2.4 S	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	2.1 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	-	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	2.3 NW	2.5 NW	1.9 NW	0.6 NW	2.5 W	0.7 W	1.2 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	11	7	7	6	7	7	-	17	13	6	7	7	4	16	4	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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