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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	Wed		Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Dunedin - Kuri Bush Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nicks Point Southland	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	4	2	1	3	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	9	7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.7 W	2.3 NE	1.0 SW	4.0 W	2.3 SW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 E	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	11	14	12	12	13	10	14	8	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	942	60	63	82	3367	5319	2237	1643	965	851	1065	756	357	9415	2066	2972	1942	1352	1622	1426	503	1277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:51PM 1.36		8:42AM 1.77			6:46AM 1.08	6:45PM 1.51		3:04AM 1.44	3:30PM 1.54	6:45PM 2.20	3:41AM 1.89		10:31PM 2.80	9:52AM 3.06		10:06PM 3.15	10:16AM 3.01		11:39PM 3.20	11:55AM 3.14
Low Tide / height (m)		11:13PM 0.58		2:12PM 0.58	12:33AM 0.18	12:17PM 0.43		9:00PM 0.17	9:14AM 0.16		1:22AM 0.52	9:53AM 0.22	5:02PM 0.36		3:47AM 0.17	4:00PM 0.20		4:12AM 0.13	4:34PM 0.52		5:50AM 0.70	12:57PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-
High °C	14	10	17	15	12	9	11	7	16	11	10	11	11	11	15	14	10	13	15	10	19	21
Low °C	12	8	16	9	11	9	10	6	12	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	8	13	14	8	14	18
Chill °C (?)	12	8	17	14	9	7	10	4	16	9	7	8	9	10	15	13	10	12	14	10	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.7 W	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	4.0 W	2.3 SW	2.5 W	2.3 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 E	1.4 E
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	16	14	12	12	13	10	14	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.8 NNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	0.4 NE	1.0 S	-	0.3 S	-	2.3 NNW	1.0 ENE	1.8 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.7 N	-	0.5 WSW	0.7 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	-	9	6	7	8	10	-	-	5	14	-	9	-	11	9	10	9	8	-	17	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SW	0.3 NW	-	0.5 W	3.0 W	1.7 SSE	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	1.1 NE	2.3 NE	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 NE
Period (s)	9	2	-	4	11	7	-	-	5	-	4	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	2PM	5PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	8AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Kingston Norfolk Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bland Bay Northland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	5	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	3	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 NW	4.5 WNW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.8 NW	2.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	11	11	9	8	14	9	9	14	7	9	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	13
Energy(?)	852	1003	3723	4814	1741	899	241	42	75	179	454	1100	5380	5044	5319	3990	3344	3118	3148	1248	1018	1373
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	high
High Tide / height (m)		4:51PM 1.36	8:10PM 1.78				5:06AM 1.15		1:50PM 1.60						7:59AM 2.71				8:17PM 3.44	9:20PM 3.12		3:22AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)					11:49PM 0.19												2:04PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	11	13	10	9	18	17	16	15	13	5	6	8	9	9	11	11	12	7	6	2
Chill °C (?)	18	18	11	12	8	7	18	17	16	14	11	2	3	6	7	7	10	10	10	5	4	-2
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 NW	4.5 WNW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	1.3 NW	0.6 S	4.0 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	11	11	9	8	14	9	9	14	7	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.2 NNE	1.4 NW	-	1.3 WNW	1.0 NW	-	-	-	-	0.3 NW	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	16	4	13	15	8	8	9	6	5	6	15	6	10	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.6 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	1.8 NW	2.5 SSW	-	-	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.8 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	8	4	5	5	5	7	9	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 17											Thursday 18
	12PM	1PM	3PM	4PM	3PM	4PM	6PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Kingston Norfolk Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bland Bay Northland	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Port Waikato-The Reef Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	5	4	4	3	2	1	1	1	2	3	6	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	4.0 NW	3.5 WNW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 NE	1.5 NNE	3.0 NW	4.0 WNW	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	10	10	9	9	15	10	10	10	11	7	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	11	11	10
Energy(?)	951	861	4009	2890	816	942	902	86	86	86	9	320	3302	3946	4795	5207	5584	1903	3563	3217	3158	69
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																			6:59AM 3.05		8:07AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)								7:16PM 0.15			10:32PM 0.66			1:48AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	2	3	2	-	1	1	-
High °C	18	18	12	14	15	14	19	16	16	15	13	13	11	13	14	14	14	14	15	11	11	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	10	12	13	12	19	15	16	14	11	12	8	13	12	12	12	12	13	8	8	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	4.0 NW	1.2 WSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.4 SSW	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	0.1 N	0.7 S	3.0 NW	4.0 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.5 S
Period (s)	13	13	10	14	9	9	15	6	6	6	11	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	18	18	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	2.0 WSW	1.2 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	16	16	13	-	-	-	4	10	10	10	11	10	12	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	-	3.5 WNW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	-	2.0 N	2.2 N	2.2 N	0.8 NW	1.5 NNE	-	-	3.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.1 NW	3.5 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 WNW	2.3 NW
Period (s)	4	-	-	10	9	9	-	7	7	7	4	7	-	-	10	11	11	7	10	11	11	7

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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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