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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	Mon		Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Spirits Bay Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Maraenui East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	9	8	4	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 NNE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NE	4.0 NE	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.9 N	1.1 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.1 N	1.9 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NNE	3.0 ENE	1.4 E	5.0 ENE	3.0 E	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	9	8	9	8	14	15	15	14	16	15	13	13	14	15	9	13	13	12	10
Energy(?)	1003	997	1513	3317	1176	886	1136	1432	1555	1965	1114	1617	1970	667	1863	5500	4661	1285	938	9030	2869	1475
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:08AM 3.25		2:22PM 1.72	2:36AM 1.70	10:07AM 1.37				12:26PM 1.65	1:21AM 2.30			11:22PM 1.39	10:23AM 1.39		12:07AM 1.40	3:08AM 2.12	3:14PM 2.01	1:55AM 1.78	4:08AM 2.15	4:22PM 2.04
Low Tide / height (m)		6:06PM 0.69	8:08AM 0.55		8:31PM 0.60	4:07AM 0.28	6:00PM 0.43	10:25PM 0.78	6:27AM 0.60		6:54PM 0.91	7:10AM 0.65			4:12AM 0.51	5:47PM 0.34		9:12AM 0.98		7:44PM 0.78	10:13AM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	13	7	5	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	32	5	1
High °C	17	20	21	21	14	21	19	20	22	21	18	21	21	17	21	22	20	18	22	19	20	14
Low °C	17	19	19	20	13	19	19	18	19	20	17	19	19	16	19	18	19	16	21	18	19	14
Chill °C (?)	17	20	21	21	12	21	19	20	22	21	18	21	21	17	21	22	20	18	22	18	20	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	6:27	-	-	6:12	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:08	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:31	-	-	6:06
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 NNE	2.5 ENE	0.3 N	1.8 E	0.3 SSW	2.2 ENE	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 N	1.9 N	1.1 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.1 N	1.9 NE	3.5 NE	3.5 NNE	3.0 ENE	1.4 E	5.0 ENE	3.0 E	2.5 W
Period (s)	9	8	13	10	13	9	10	10	15	15	14	16	15	13	13	14	15	9	13	13	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.1 W	-	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	1.5 N	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.1 ENE	0.2 NNW	1.6 ENE	1.1 NE	1.5 NNE	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.7 SSE	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 W
Period (s)	12	13	13	-	9	10	14	14	10	10	10	14	11	10	13	13	13	14	10	-	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 N	3.0 NE	4.0 NE	3.0 ENE	1.2 N	2.2 ENE	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	-	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	7	9	9	8	5	8	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	3

	Monday 06			Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Spirits Bay Northland	Beatons Southland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.8 E	2.5 E	1.5 WSW	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.4 NNE	1.5 N	1.9 ENE	1.5 N	1.6 N
Period(s) (?)	14	14	10	10	10	7	9	14	9	9	9	9	11	9	10	10	10	14	14	10	14	14
Energy(?)	1157	1082	1071	1026	1187	562	1535	857	1416	1270	2058	1490	1863	1837	3212	1148	1101	1464	1416	1088	1349	1524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					1:55AM 1.79							11:24PM 1.85			7:34AM 1.40	9:26AM 1.31				10:34PM 1.78	12:28AM 2.24
Low Tide / height (m)			7:51PM 0.51			3:22AM 0.25		9:12AM 0.51		5:13PM 0.33				3:23AM 0.31					6:05PM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	16	15	16	14	20	15	22	20	20	20	17	16	14	21	22	21	20	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	19	15	14	15	14	20	15	22	20	20	20	16	15	13	21	22	21	20	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.5 E	2.5 E	1.5 WSW	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	1.5 E	2.2 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.6 N
Period (s)	14	14	10	10	10	7	9	14	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 S	1.8 NNE	-	1.5 N	1.4 NNE	1.3 N	1.5 N	0.9 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.4 NNE	1.5 N	0.2 SSE	1.5 N	1.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	12	12	12	10	8	-	8	9	8	8	11	12	13	10	10	14	14	13	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 NE	-	0.3 ESE	-	1.8 E	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	2.4 NNE	1.8 NNE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	-	-	1.9 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	2	-	7	-	3	-	-	8	8	11	9	10	6	6	-	-	10	-	-

	Monday 06											Tuesday 07
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Spirits Bay Northland	Beatons Southland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	0.9 E	2.5 ENE	1.4 WSW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	9	9	9	11	8	11	8	8	9	9	10	6	10	6	6	9	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	1281	1366	1003	1007	1039	229	968	483	903	925	1477	2211	1084	219	35	257	272	2306	2306	1117	2432	2432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)																		5:09AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	7
High °C	21	20	17	17	17	17	19	14	19	19	18	18	16	15	13	14	14	19	19	17	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	20	17	17	17	16	18	13	18	18	17	17	15	14	12	13	13	18	18	16	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	0.9 E	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.3 E	0.5 ENE	0.4 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.4 E	0.3 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	14	14	9	9	9	11	14	11	15	15	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	7	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 S	0.1 N	-	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 NE	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.7 E	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	12	12	12	9	15	-	15	15	14	-	13	10	10	10	10	-	-	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	0.9 E	2.5 ENE	0.6 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	5	8	3	8	8	9	9	10	6	6	6	6	9	9	10	9	9

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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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