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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	Sun		Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sun
	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	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Port Robinson Canterbury	Anaura Bay East Cape	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland
Rating	7	8	4	5	5	4	9	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 W	2.5 SSE	3.0 S	1.6 S	4.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SE	2.5 SSE	1.7 SE	2.2 S	1.6 SSE	2.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	14	13	12	10	11	11	10	9	11	10	10	10	10	9	16	17	16	12	10	11
Energy(?)	1485	3245	2642	2169	4397	533	5283	3193	3348	1804	2457	1109	1499	591	1675	563	2581	647	1289	942	1580	1770
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:08AM 3.40	10:08AM 1.20		10:22PM 1.84	10:56AM 1.02		11:31PM 1.62		1:18PM 3.12	12:15AM 1.57			1:24AM 1.48		2:40PM 0.89	11:54PM 1.75		12:08PM 1.42	12:35AM 1.52		1:38PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)			4:13AM 0.03	3:38PM 0.11		5:22AM 0.26	4:41PM 0.25		7:12AM 0.66			7:22AM 0.21	6:08PM 0.49		8:58AM 0.48			6:02AM 0.08		6:19PM 0.11	7:34AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	11	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	15	21	19	18	15	15	16	12	19	10	14	13	14	13	11	15	15	13	13	15
Low °C	20	15	14	21	17	15	14	14	15	12	17	8	12	11	13	13	9	14	14	10	10	14
Chill °C (?)	20	21	14	21	18	18	15	13	15	9	19	8	12	11	12	12	10	15	15	12	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:39	-
Sunset	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	2.5 W	0.1 NE	2.5 SSE	1.6 S	0.7 ENE	0.8 WNW	2.5 S	0.7 WSW	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.5 SSE	1.7 SE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	14	13	12	10	8	8	10	14	11	10	10	10	10	9	16	17	16	8	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.9 NNW	-	0.1 NE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 E	-	0.7 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	11	7	-	13	8	12	-	8	22	11	18	9	9	9	9	-	13	-	12	12	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSE	3.0 SSE	-	2.5 SSE	3.0 S	0.5 NW	4.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	1.3 S	-	-	2.2 S	0.9 SSW	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	13	-	13	12	3	11	11	10	9	11	8	-	-	10	9	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 19				Monday 20								Tuesday 21							Wednesday 22
	3PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	6	5	7	9	7	8	8	8	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	8	9	9	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.2 S	5.5 S	6.0 S	6.0 S	2.1 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	16	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	10
Energy(?)	5130	3175	6705	9257	6933	7796	7604	7846	1455	1038	4638	4160	4397	3373	3449	3403	1115	7269	8998	8438	1186	1541
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	low	high-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	12:20PM 2.18			9:37PM 1.89									10:22PM 1.84						8:48PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)		5:57PM 0.49					4:23AM 0.22			5:48PM 0.27					5:00AM 0.29		2:46PM 0.13					3:41AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	13	14	18	18	16	16	15	19	15	14	19	19	18	17	18	19	18	14	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	12	14	18	17	15	15	14	18	14	13	19	19	17	16	17	18	18	14	13	12	10	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.9 WSW	1.6 W	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 S	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.1 S	0.9 E
Period (s)	14	14	12	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 NNE	1.3 NNW	-	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.3 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.8 ENE	-	0.6 NE	-	0.9 E	0.8 NNE
Period (s)	9	8	-	-	-	11	11	10	8	8	11	13	13	10	15	12	11	-	8	-	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.4 W	5.5 S	6.0 S	6.0 S	1.4 SW	2.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	12	16	13	13	13	13	-	-	12	12	12	11	11	11	3	11	11	11	5	10

	Sunday 19													Monday 20
	1PM	2PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	6	5	7	9	7	8	8	8	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	8	9	9	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.2 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	0.2 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	13	13	16	13	13	13	9	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	5180	3144	5718	4335	1341	2046	2046	2078	3470	3597	6803	6871	9046	6913	6933	6781	9	164	146	124	290	194
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:20PM 2.18											9:34PM 1.77								7:25AM 1.53	8:18AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)						3:09PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	16	20	21	21	20	20	20	15	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	12	12	13	17	18
Chill °C (?)	11	16	20	21	21	20	20	20	14	14	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	11	11	12	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.1 NE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	9	15	15	12	12	15	12	14	14	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 N	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 N	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	9	-	9	12	9	9	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	-	3.5 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	2.5 SSE	1.7 NNW	1.7 NNW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	12	12	-	-	-	12	8	8	13	13	16	13	13	13	-	3	3	4	-	-

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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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