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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	Sat	Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Graveyards Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Sailors Grave Coromandel	Three Points East Cape	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tokata East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	The Bluff-North Side Northland
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	9	5	5	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.0 S	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.0 SW	1.5 N	2.2 N	3.0 NNE	3.5 NE	3.0 NE	4.5 ENE	3.5 NNE	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	8	7	11	9	6	9	12	11	11	11	9	8	10	11	14	8	8	9	14
Energy(?)	804	527	617	589	345	405	488	321	605	608	594	1196	2444	2047	1467	3926	6051	1199	910	850	617	1380
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:19AM 2.43		9:17PM 1.06	11:14AM 3.01		11:28PM 2.90	5:31AM 1.85	7:00PM 1.34	12:04AM 2.95	8:18AM 1.58		12:40AM 2.97	12:59PM 3.15		1:18AM 2.95	11:46AM 1.55		12:23AM 1.29	12:23PM 1.54		1:01AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		4:07AM 0.39	4:09PM 0.60	2:49AM 0.27	4:59AM 0.37	5:25PM 0.39		11:46AM 0.34	1:02PM 0.26			6:38PM 0.24		6:49AM 0.22		7:15PM 0.22	5:30AM 0.33			6:07AM 0.39	6:58PM 0.23	7:00PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	1	-	-	1	54	16	6	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	17	18	20	15	20	24	22	17	24	17	20	18	17	23	22	21	23	12	16	17	21	18
Low °C	14	15	18	13	16	24	17	15	23	16	18	16	15	23	21	19	22	11	12	15	19	18
Chill °C (?)	16	18	20	13	20	24	22	17	24	17	20	18	17	23	22	21	23	9	16	16	21	17
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:24	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	9:22	-	-	8:28	-	-	9:27	-	-	8:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 S	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 E	1.2 NNE	1.5 N	2.2 N	3.0 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.8 S	0.5 S	3.5 NNE	1.2 ENE	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	12	11	9	6	8	11	11	11	11	17	13	12	11	10	8	8	9	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 SE	1.1 E	0.6 SW	0.9 ESE	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	3.0 NNW	1.1 SW	0.9 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	11	8	12	11	12	12	12	21	12	16	11	12	14	12	14	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	3.5 NE	3.0 NE	4.5 ENE	-	2.1 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	8	8	7	-	-	6	9	-	-	-	-	9	8	10	-	6	-	-	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 18								Monday 19								Tuesday 20
	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	0AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Napier - The Gap Hawkes Bay	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Anson Bay Norfolk Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	10	9	8	9	9
Energy(?)	773	757	1004	1544	527	524	617	226	276	589	535	410	345	500	379	479	639	658	625	973	517	532
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:53PM 2.24					10:37AM 2.89		4:27PM 1.70		10:51PM 2.81				11:14AM 3.01				9:42PM 1.46				10:16AM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)			3:49AM 0.58	2:10AM 0.30								4:59AM 0.37				5:25PM 0.39				3:30AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	20	18	19	21	15	18	20	14	12	14	15	14	16	20	21	22	22	24	21	19	20	24
Chill °C (?)	20	18	19	21	13	18	20	14	12	12	14	12	15	20	21	22	22	24	21	19	20	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	0.6 SW	0.9 ESE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 E	1.4 SE	1.3 E	1.5 SSE	1.2 E	1.2 SE
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	12	11	11	8	8	11	7	12	12	7	12	11	8	10	8	9	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.6 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NW	0.6 SSE	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.8 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 E	1.1 S	0.1 NE	1.2 E	0.2 ESE	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	10	9	16	10	10	10	11	11	10	8	9	9	12	9	9	15	10	14	8	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	-	2.1 E	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	-	-	2.0 SSE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	-	8	7	8	8	-	-	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	-	9	8	9	9

	Saturday 17				Sunday 18
	8PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	10AM	12PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Napier - The Gap Hawkes Bay	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Weld Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Anson Bay Norfolk Island
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 NE	2.2 SE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.3 ENE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	9	12	8	8	8	12
Energy(?)	851	786	133	890	829	804	765	411	530	619	13	561	596	540	527	524	2517	349	359	391	398	360
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:40PM 2.16	8:39PM 1.02												10:37AM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)										4:21AM 0.49												3:18PM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	21	20	20	22	15	15	15	12	12	14	13	14	14	14	15	16	22	22	23	22	22	23
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	22	13	13	13	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	13	15	22	22	23	22	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SE	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 SE	0.3 ENE	0.9 SW	0.3 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	2.5 ESE	1.2 E	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	8	9	12	9	12	12	12	12	11	9	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.7 NE	0.1 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 NW	0.3 ENE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	13	14	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	9	12	9	9	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	-	0.9 ENE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	-	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 ESE	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	2	2	-	7	8	8	8	-	8	8	5	7	7	8	7	7	8	-	-	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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