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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	Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Fri
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Airport Rights Wellington	Fox River West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Horseshoe Bay East Cape
Rating	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	0.5 SSW	1.0 NNW	3.0 S	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 S	3.0 W	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 S	0.4 SSE	1.9 S	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 W	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	14	11	8	13	13	12	11	12	11	10	10	10	16	16	15	14	7	12	16	11	17
Energy(?)	1575	139	485	892	5387	2672	760	2003	1484	1003	2718	82	798	733	1134	1116	963	520	1020	592	708	432
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:18PM 1.37	9:42AM 1.47		7:45PM 1.63	4:19AM 1.88	4:40PM 1.91					5:38AM 2.85	6:13PM 2.39		6:52AM 2.82		12:03AM 1.77		2:15PM 1.49	8:43PM 2.96	9:18AM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)		3:31PM 0.19	3:29AM 0.20		3:40PM 0.48	2:10AM 0.31	10:28AM 0.50		10:29PM 0.40	9:41AM 0.51	6:01PM 0.59	11:57PM 0.56	11:54AM 1.11		12:13AM 0.62		1:10PM 1.13		8:08AM 0.15		3:02AM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	8	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	12	13	14	16	15	15	17	14	17	14	14	13	18	18	20	20	15	17	17	16	22
Low °C	19	12	12	13	16	13	15	16	14	16	13	13	13	18	15	19	20	12	17	17	13	20
Chill °C (?)	19	10	13	12	16	15	14	16	14	17	12	13	12	18	18	20	20	14	17	17	16	22
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	9:22	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:37	-	-	9:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	1.8 ENE	1.0 NNW	0.5 NNW	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 S	3.0 W	2.1 SSW	1.9 S	2.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 WSW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 NE
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	13	13	12	11	12	11	10	10	11	8	9	10	9	13	12	12	11	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 NW	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.7 E	0.3 NNW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ESE	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	10	14	14	8	12	11	9	11	12	12	12	11	16	16	16	15	14	18	16	16	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSW	-	3.0 S	-	-	0.4 NE	-	-	-	2.5 S	-	1.9 S	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	1.7 W	-	0.6 WSW	-	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	5	-	8	-	-	3	-	-	-	10	-	10	6	-	-	-	7	-	8	-	3

	Friday 23					Saturday 24								Sunday 25								Mon
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Airport Rights Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	8	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	4.0 SSW	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	10	11	12	13	12	13	11	9	13	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	10	10
Energy(?)	1315	1126	1212	1109	1254	1072	4996	4839	3870	2136	2267	4898	3013	4427	3409	1915	1862	7368	1150	1284	1516	1227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	9:18AM 1.52				9:07PM 2.14		3:34AM 1.94								3:27AM 2.79
Low Tide / height (m)			3:16PM 0.21						9:11AM 0.33				9:35PM 0.86				9:53AM 0.95			4:50PM 0.18		10:24PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	4	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	18	18	13	11	14	13	15	14	14	20	15	14	14	13	14	12	15	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	20	22	18	18	12	8	13	12	15	14	13	20	15	13	14	12	14	10	14	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 E	1.9 E	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 S	0.4 NNW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.5 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.5 W	2.5 W
Period (s)	11	10	11	10	11	12	13	12	13	11	9	12	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.2 ENE	1.7 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.9 N	0.8 N	0.7 NNW	1.5 S	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	14	11	11	10	7	10	14	13	11	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	4.0 SSW	0.4 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	9	13	-	-	-	3	-	12	4	-	-	-

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	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nukumaru Rock Wanganui-Manawatu	Airport Rights Wellington	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	8	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.7 E	0.5 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 WNW	0.5 S	1.3 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.9 E	2.0 SSE	1.2 SE	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	15	15	15	15	6	10	14	12	15	15	11	11	12	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	1446	1399	1575	1458	838	153	1081	1194	669	357	53	1037	686	949	787	567	499	1072	1140	749	503	503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						12:59PM 0.31								8:52PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-
High °C	17	19	19	19	18	12	15	15	16	20	18	15	14	14	14	13	12	11	13	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	17	19	19	19	18	10	14	14	16	20	16	14	14	14	14	13	12	8	11	11	12	12
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.7 E	1.8 ENE	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 NNW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SE	1.3 WSW	1.1 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.1 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.9 E	1.2 E	1.2 SE	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	11	15	15	12	16	10	14	12	11	11	11	11	12	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 N	0.8 N	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	0.5 S	1.1 N	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	1.1 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	15	12	13	7	10	10	12	6	15	15	14	14	14	13	10	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	-	1.8 WNW	2.3 NW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSE	1.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	6	7	5	-	-	-	-	6	6	10	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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