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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	Thu	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08
	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	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 NE	0.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	14	13	12	7	7	16	18	16	16	15	14	11	10	13	12	12	12	10	5	18
Energy(?)	694	639	176	326	519	620	772	996	1185	1102	1000	1148	882	143	576	295	459	419	225	36	73	126
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:56AM 2.08	8:18AM 1.78		8:24PM 1.13	8:59AM 1.99		9:27PM 1.08	9:44AM 2.02		11:38PM 3.48		2:18PM 2.30	12:20AM 3.12	12:44PM 3.32		1:05AM 3.04		1:28PM 3.21	1:50AM 2.92		2:12PM 3.05	3:05AM 2.76
Low Tide / height (m)			2:57PM 0.25	2:07AM 0.09		3:55PM 0.18	3:08AM 0.13				9:41AM 0.30			6:31AM 0.05		7:03PM 0.12	7:17AM 0.15		7:49PM 0.22	8:57AM 0.30		8:59PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	7	2	-	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	24	20	19	17	18	19	16	16	20	19	22	22	18	17	17	18	21	20	16	20	19	14
Low °C	21	20	18	15	18	18	14	14	20	17	20	21	17	14	17	15	20	20	14	18	19	9
Chill °C (?)	24	20	19	17	18	19	15	16	20	19	22	22	18	17	17	18	21	20	15	20	18	13
Sunrise	-	5:48	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	0.3 SE	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.3 NNW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	10	6	8	12	10	12	16	12	11	16	15	14	11	10	13	12	14	12	10	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.1 NE	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 N	0.1 N	0.1 NW	-	0.2 ESE	0.3 SW
Period (s)	10	11	14	13	6	12	20	11	18	16	11	11	15	12	13	4	14	10	14	-	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SE	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.7 SSE	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WNW	1.2 NE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	6	7	7	5	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	4	12	7	7	5	5

	Thu		Friday 02							Saturday 03								Sunday 04
	10PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	12	13	12	12	12	12	7	8	8	7	7	11	12	17
Energy(?)	614	746	573	663	595	510	629	630	554	254	551	568	519	651	620	758	773	772	698	500	623	537
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						8:18AM 1.78					1:39AM 2.55			10:22AM 3.23				10:44PM 3.11				11:36AM 3.28
Low Tide / height (m)	7:32PM 0.10		1:18AM 0.14					2:57PM 0.25				6:30AM 0.23				4:37PM 0.16				5:48AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	23	20	19	20	22	22	21	16	15	11	11	18	18	19	18	16	15	14	16	18	14
Chill °C (?)	11	23	20	19	20	22	22	21	16	14	11	11	18	18	19	17	15	14	13	16	18	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 WSW	0.9 W	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	11	10	11	11	10	12	7	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	12	10	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	11	10	10	11	10	10	9	7	13	21	20	6	6	12	12	12	20	12	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.6 SE	-	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	1.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	11	-	10	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	8	8	7	7	-	7	-

	Thursday 01						Friday 02
	8PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	8	13	13	7	15	7	7	15	15	14	13	14	14
Energy(?)	682	869	742	740	701	746	746	573	480	237	447	440	230	292	208	201	243	225	221	221	288	298
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			7:29PM 1.11												9:28AM 3.09
Low Tide / height (m)	7:32PM 0.10																				3:43PM 0.28	4:06PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	25	22	22	21	23	22	21	14	16	12	12	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	17	19	18
Chill °C (?)	13	25	22	22	21	23	22	21	14	16	10	10	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	16	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	8	13	13	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	6	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.9 W	0.7 NNW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.5 NNW	0.5 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	8	13	10	10	11	11	11	10	7	7	8	8	7	15	7	7	15	15	14	13	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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