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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	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Mon
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Shingles West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Brighton Otago	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangahume Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	2	4	2	2	5	4	5	5	6	2	5	5	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	0.6 E	3.0 W	2.4 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.6 ESE	2.1 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	4.0 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	0.8 NE	2.5 W	3.5 W	2.4 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	16	14	11	12	12	13	12	10	9	12	9	14	13	12	7	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	724	439	3258	2692	1850	1838	350	1320	229	272	5125	199	564	4864	3114	127	2585	4465	1982	2864	3259	2190
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)							6:10AM 1.42			10:12AM 2.05		10:28PM 2.15	10:18AM 3.42		10:43PM 3.38	11:00AM 3.49		11:49PM 2.26			9:34PM 1.76	9:44AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)						9:33PM 0.66	12:32PM 0.09	1:09PM 0.27	12:57AM 0.21	4:05AM 0.29	4:26PM 0.19		4:09AM 0.50	4:31PM 0.40		4:50AM 0.44	5:13PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	heavy rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	14	13	10	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	21	-	19	-	8	2	3	2	26	5
High °C	21	22	14	11	13	12	13	21	13	15	12	15	13	14	12	21	14	11	14	15	12	14
Low °C	19	20	12	11	12	9	9	21	11	12	12	15	13	13	11	18	13	10	11	13	11	12
Chill °C (?)	21	22	12	9	11	12	12	21	11	14	9	13	11	13	11	21	11	10	14	13	12	14
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:28	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:56
Sunset	-	5:43	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:30	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.0 E	0.4 NW	2.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 W	0.8 E	2.1 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.2 NNW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	2.5 W	3.5 W	2.4 W	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W
Period (s)	6	9	13	13	12	12	9	12	10	9	11	9	14	14	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 S	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	-	1.6 NNW	0.3 S	1.2 N	0.6 NNE	1.4 NNW	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	12	11	16	14	13	13	11	13	12	11	-	12	7	-	8	8	8	9	9	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WNW	-	3.0 W	2.4 WNW	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	1.0 N	0.5 NW	4.0 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.3 NE	3.5 W	-	0.8 NE	-	-	-	2.4 NW	2.1 NW	1.5 NNW
Period (s)	6	-	14	11	-	-	5	-	5	4	12	4	2	13	-	7	-	-	-	9	9	8

	Monday 13					Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	7AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Brighton Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anson Bay Norfolk Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 E	2.2 E	1.9 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 E	1.2 E	1.9 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.1 S	0.8 E	1.3 S	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	12	14	11	10	11	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	12
Energy(?)	1665	1305	1049	1247	1040	1058	1360	1514	1074	3562	3419	2125	1937	1838	1509	1425	2027	1270	418	212	353	1388
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	-	-	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									5:25AM 1.36				8:42PM 2.94				8:57AM 3.11	9:22AM 2.02			6:52PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)							11:18PM 0.46								2:50AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	2	4	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	15	12	14	18	16	12	15	11	11	10	12	10	10	9	11	12	15	14	21	21
Chill °C (?)	18	19	14	11	14	18	16	12	14	11	11	10	12	9	8	8	11	12	14	14	21	21
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.2 E	1.9 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 E	1.2 E	1.9 S	1.3 S	1.9 S	0.4 NNW	3.5 W	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 W	2.3 W	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.1 S	0.8 E	1.3 S	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	12	14	11	10	11	14	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 NNE	0.4 SSW	-	0.1 S	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.2 WSW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.2 NNW	0.7 E	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	5	5	7	-	15	14	13	14	13	19	14	13	13	13	12	15	12	12	8	5	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NE	-	2.1 S	-	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	10	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-

	Monday 13	Tuesday 14
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	11AM	12PM	1PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	1AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	All Day Bay Otago	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Brighton Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anson Bay Norfolk Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.2 WSW	2.3 W	1.7 E	1.1 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.4 WNW	2.1 E	1.2 E	1.9 S	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	15	11	9	14	15	14	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	9	12	10	11	13
Energy(?)	1960	1816	724	2372	755	433	1991	1474	1553	5066	5044	3490	2877	3098	3033	3008	2989	1770	1312	625	1360	718
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)														7:56PM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)								11:50AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	19	12	15	21	16	21	19	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	11	11	15	16	22
Chill °C (?)	16	17	19	10	14	21	15	21	19	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	14	16	22
Sunrise	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.2 W	2.3 W	1.7 E	1.1 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	2.4 WNW	2.1 E	1.2 E	1.9 S	1.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	6	15	11	9	14	15	14	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	9	12	10	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.2 WSW	-	0.4 S	0.6 E	1.7 S	1.1 S	1.6 S	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	-	-	0.2 NNW	1.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.8 E	1.1 E	1.1 SW
Period (s)	5	5	12	-	5	12	12	11	10	13	13	13	14	14	-	-	16	13	14	15	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 WNW	-	0.8 SSW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	-	-	1.1 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	-	-	6	-	-

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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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