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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	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Bowentown Bar Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Loisell's East Cape	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Blackhead Wairarapa	Rolling Stones Gisborne and Mahia	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse Reef Canterbury	Baches Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	9	5	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.3 N	1.9 N	1.7 WNW	1.5 NNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.9 N	2.0 NW	2.2 W	4.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 WSW	4.5 S	2.2 SE	6.5 S	5.0 S
Period(s)	11	10	10	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	8	10	11	10	9	12	22	19	16
Energy	1724	1717	1119	1290	822	557	714	653	678	1137	1203	1374	3909	1285	4118	1008	1470	1492	9182	4242	28500	13029
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:18AM 1.59		9:03PM 2.04	8:52AM 0.99		1:21AM 2.99		1:50PM 2.89	2:05AM 2.91	10:10AM 1.49		1:37AM 3.12			10:55PM 1.52	10:44AM 1.17			11:23AM 1.28		11:42PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)		2:49PM 0.27			3:12PM 0.20	7:15PM 1.11	7:27AM 0.61		7:57PM 1.13	4:05AM 0.48	5:47PM 0.40	7:27PM 0.99	8:18AM 0.71	4:27PM 0.29		4:40AM 0.25	5:42PM 0.32	10:02PM 1.13	5:16AM 0.26	4:06PM 0.66		6:31AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	8	5	2	14	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	14	11	11	14	15	15	12	18	17	16	12	12	10	14	16	13	12	15	10	13
Low °C	14	14	12	11	11	13	14	13	12	16	16	15	11	9	8	11	12	13	11	14	10	11
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	9	10	13	15	15	12	18	16	16	11	11	8	14	16	12	12	15	10	11
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:05	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:23	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.3 N	1.9 N	1.7 WNW	1.5 NNW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	1.7 NNE	1.4 NW	2.2 W	1.1 NW	0.4 NE	3.0 S	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	0.6 SW	3.5 S	2.2 SE	6.5 S	5.0 S
Period (s)	11	10	10	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	11	10	16	12	22	19	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.5 ENE	1.3 NW	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 WSW	1.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 N	1.0 N	0.8 NE	0.8 SW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.3 NNE	0.3 SSW	0.1 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	8	11	11	10	9	9	11	9	8	12	-	16	22	18	9	9	26	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	1.3 N	-	-	-	1.9 N	2.0 NW	-	4.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.4 NW	2.2 S	3.0 WSW	4.5 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	-	7	-	-	-	9	10	-	10	8	10	4	10	9	12	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03					Thursday 04								Friday 05								Sat
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3:45AM	6:45AM	9:45AM	12:45PM	3:45PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Bowentown Bar Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Baylys Beach Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 N	2.2 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.1 N	1.9 N	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 NNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NNW	2.0 NW
Period(s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	8	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	1724	1498	1717	2149	1347	1119	1970	1606	1290	1039	822	507	524	557	794	735	714	744	653	680	1103	678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State	-	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		9:18AM 1.59				9:03PM 2.04			8:52AM 0.99						1:21AM 2.99				1:50PM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)			2:49PM 0.27				2:59AM 0.30				3:12PM 0.20		6:44PM 0.55				7:27AM 0.61				6:47PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	clear	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	1	2	2	3	1	1	-	7
Temp. °C	14	16	16	15	14	14	12	11	11	11	11	18	15	13	13	14	14	15	15	13	15	12
Chill °C (?)	13	16	15	15	14	14	10	8	9	9	10	18	15	12	12	13	14	14	15	12	15	12
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 N	2.2 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.3 N	2.1 N	1.9 N	1.6 W	1.5 WNW	1.7 WNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	1.5 NNW	2.1 NW	2.0 NW	2.0 NW	2.3 NNW	2.0 NW
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	8	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	0.2 S	1.3 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.6 SW	0.8 N	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 NW	1.4 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.1 W	0.3 N
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	14	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	7	10	10	9	9	13	9	9	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	1.3 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	5	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03																	Thursday 04
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3:45AM	4:45AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Bowentown Bar Bay of Plenty	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands	Tuapeka Point Chatham Islands
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 NE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.5 N	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12
Energy	3165	3059	1724	1724	1527	1498	1470	1742	1717	1609	2167	2149	2009	1375	1347	1347	1119	1119	1027	982	1970	1797
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				9:18AM 1.59												9:03PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)									2:49PM 0.27	3:19PM 0.31											2:59AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	10	10
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.5 N	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.5 N	2.2 NNE	2.2 NNE	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.5 N	2.5 N
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.1 N	2.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	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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