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 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Sat
	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	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	The Box Northland	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Awatoto Rivermouth Hawkes Bay	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Fields Canterbury	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Beatons Southland	Scott Point Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSE	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 N	3.0 N	1.7 E	3.5 ESE	2.5 E	0.9 N	2.0 ENE	1.9 N	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	1.7 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	13	12	12	8	11	7	9	10	12	8	11	8	13	13	15	10	12	13	12
Energy(?)	694	2089	1490	1209	770	952	159	2106	344	2240	1365	427	682	990	627	1122	346	224	808	413	519	618
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			5:04AM 2.42	4:20PM 2.65		4:59AM 2.45	5:19PM 2.29		6:04AM 2.23	6:26PM 2.30		7:10AM 2.33	6:13PM 1.15		6:59AM 1.69		8:42PM 3.30	5:57AM 1.80	6:59PM 2.34	8:24PM 1.13	6:54AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		11:03PM 0.99	11:14AM 0.60		10:53PM 0.82	11:14AM 0.65		11:46PM 0.43	12:16PM 0.57		12:52AM 0.38			12:25AM 0.17	1:46PM 0.15	2:45PM 0.44	3:02AM 0.59	12:09PM 0.26		2:07AM 0.09		1:10PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	2	11	15	3	20	23	-	1	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	20	21	16	18	18	20	18	18	12	15	19	14	16	22	13	20	23	11	22	24
Low °C	17	16	18	19	15	17	18	19	18	17	11	13	17	14	15	20	12	20	23	8	21	23
Chill °C (?)	16	16	20	21	15	17	17	20	18	18	10	14	19	12	16	22	13	20	23	9	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	8:16	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:47	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:46	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW	0.8 N	3.0 N	0.8 S	0.1 S	2.5 E	0.9 N	0.9 SSE	1.9 N	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SE	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	11	8	12	10	12	8	11	8	13	13	7	11	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 ENE	-	0.7 SE	-	0.5 SE	0.6 W	0.6 SSW	0.6 W	1.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SW	0.9 WNW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	20	20	18	17	16	8	-	8	-	9	16	10	13	8	7	10	7	11	6	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.8 ESE	-	1.7 E	3.5 ESE	0.6 S	0.3 ESE	2.0 ENE	0.5 E	-	2.1 SSE	0.4 SW	-	1.7 SSE	0.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	3	6	4	-	7	9	11	3	8	3	-	7	4	-	10	3	-	-

	Saturday 27			Sunday 28								Monday 29									Tue
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	The Box Northland	Maraenui East Cape	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.2 SSE	1.4 SW	1.0 N	2.4 NNE	2.2 SSE	4.0 N	3.0 N
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	10	9	7	11	8	10	9	11	11
Energy(?)	426	1021	1091	1614	1038	1023	1490	1308	1209	1137	1103	1145	1550	1838	1319	1012	1106	281	1428	1310	3629	2079
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	high	low-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		4:41PM 2.96								4:16PM 2.31				4:24AM 1.29							2:54AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)								10:02AM 0.55				10:42PM 0.44				11:26AM 0.71			9:08PM 0.41	10:35PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	10	-	-	2	1
Temp. °C	14	15	14	13	14	14	18	20	21	19	17	16	18	17	17	22	20	18	20	19	20	20
Chill °C (?)	13	15	14	13	14	14	18	20	21	19	17	15	18	16	17	22	20	18	20	19	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 S	1.4 SW	1.0 N	2.4 NNE	1.9 SE	4.0 N	3.0 N
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	9	7	11	8	10	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.4 N	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.2 WSW	1.4 SSE	0.4 N	1.2 ESE	0.1 NE	-	-
Period (s)	7	11	6	6	6	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	12	11	12	11	8	13	9	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.2 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.9 ENE	-	2.2 SSE	0.9 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	10	10	9	7	8	7	-	9	7	-

	Saturday 27										Sunday 28
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	0AM	1AM	2AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	7AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	The Box Northland	Maraenui East Cape	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.1 S	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.0 N	0.6 NNE	1.5 SSE	1.1 N	0.9 N
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	10	10	12	13	7	6	10	7	7
Energy(?)	367	1256	1518	2373	1727	1777	2563	2403	2367	2308	2123	2089	344	270	1550	1231	1682	159	70	437	225	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)																4:07AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)									9:44PM 0.43										7:36AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	15	19	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	15	14	17	16	15	16	19	20
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	19	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	14	14	17	16	15	15	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.8 S	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.0 N	0.6 NNE	0.3 ENE	1.1 N	0.9 N
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	10	10	12	13	7	6	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 W	0.6 NNW	0.1 W	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 NE	0.4 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 NNW	0.3 SW	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.2 E	0.4 NNE	0.4 N
Period (s)	4	13	20	6	21	-	21	21	21	21	21	20	12	7	12	6	20	12	12	8	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	10	-	-

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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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