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 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16
	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	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Herbertville Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	6	6	9	8	6	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	2.0 ESE	1.5 E	0.8 SSE	1.0 E	1.7 E	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	2.1 SSW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	10	10	11	7	12	14	13	13	7	10	13	14	15	13	17	17	17
Energy(?)	1315	1076	1552	924	656	895	558	161	190	948	713	522	458	754	2044	6537	5309	13644	4247	7981	8038	5936
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:35AM 2.92		2:42PM 2.37	3:08AM 2.83	4:20AM 2.23	3:32PM 2.19		4:25AM 2.28	4:46PM 2.08		6:00AM 2.56	6:29PM 2.16		6:57AM 2.22		3:14AM 1.48		7:14PM 1.08		6:08AM 1.58	6:32PM 1.16	11:40PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		8:42AM 0.76		8:59PM 1.07	10:40AM 0.90		9:57PM 0.94	10:51AM 1.15		11:24PM 1.11	12:23PM 1.36		12:47AM 1.06		1:20PM 1.02	8:52PM 0.44	9:29AM 0.40		11:37PM 0.26	12:45PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	22	19	18	18	25	23	21	19	23	22	21	21	15	19	13	14	15	19	20	20	19
Low °C	14	17	19	15	16	23	19	15	18	21	19	20	13	14	19	12	13	15	18	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	16	22	19	18	17	25	23	21	18	23	22	21	21	14	18	11	14	13	19	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:52	-	-	6:07	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:47	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:46	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	2.0 ESE	1.5 E	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.7 E	1.3 ENE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	4.0 WSW	0.3 E	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	10	14	14	14	13	10	10	11	10	12	8	13	13	13	24	20	14	10	13	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.4 NW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.3 NW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 S	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	1.2 SE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 SE	1.1 SW	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	14	10	7	6	10	8	8	10	16	11	14	8	8	9	14	15	14	10	19	-	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 N	0.3 S	1.3 SSE	0.6 E	-	1.0 NNE	0.9 NE	1.0 E	1.2 SSE	-	1.6 NE	0.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW	-	5.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	7	6	3	-	4	5	7	6	-	8	3	7	10	13	-	15	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11									Thursday 12
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.8 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	8	10	10	10	12	11
Energy(?)	1149	1245	1235	2087	1119	1076	1079	1062	1192	1007	521	606	543	637	510	322	226	687	717	702	1019	592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			2:25AM 2.51				2:42PM 2.37				3:23AM 2.74				3:33PM 2.20					2:26AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)	8:32PM 0.84				9:48AM 0.74				8:58PM 0.82				9:42AM 1.02			6:38PM 0.47		8:08PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	13	16	14	22	22	19	17	17	16	15	16	18	18	16	15	23	21	20	21	21
Chill °C (?)	15	13	12	16	14	22	22	19	16	17	15	14	16	17	17	15	14	23	21	20	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 S	0.8 S	1.8 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.5 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	8	10	10	10	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.9 S	0.4 NW	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 W
Period (s)	10	5	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	6	10	5	6	10	10	10	11	13	8	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.3 NNE	-	-	-	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	4	-	-	3	3	7	7	5	-	-	-	3

	Monday 09				Tuesday 10
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	11AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.3 SSE	1.7 E	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	13
Energy(?)	1328	1432	1431	2352	1391	1245	1245	1798	1638	2067	1058	1713	1525	1565	1556	566	558	308	619	776	776	787
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)								2:36AM 2.63									11:41AM 1.61			11:54AM 0.93
Low Tide / height (m)		8:19PM 0.59												8:39AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	16	18	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	18	15	16	24	25	25	25	14
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	18	15	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	14	17	14	15	24	25	25	25	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.3 SSE	1.7 E	0.6 N	0.6 N	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	10	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	7	7	8	8	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	1.5 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 SSW	1.3 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 E	0.6 N	0.1 E	0.1 E	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	14	5	5	10	5	8	10	10	10	10	9	15	14	7	9	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.8 S	1.8 S	-	1.7 SSE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	3	3	7	7	3	3	8	8	-	6	8	8	-

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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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