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 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Box Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Te Araroa East Cape	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Te Araroa East Cape
Rating	4	4	3	3	4	5	5	8	8	7	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	2.1 NE	1.3 SE	2.5 W	0.9 ENE	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.8 E	1.2 E	2.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	13	14	8	13	9	9	15	16	10	18	17	17	16	16	14	14	14	13	12	8	8	11
Energy(?)	1158	1388	1643	870	1158	333	3192	12094	2197	7701	8483	6793	3919	3326	1779	1880	1283	879	257	492	271	1749
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:47PM 1.53	1:44PM 1.23	1:48AM 1.40		2:17PM 1.22	2:40AM 1.35		3:02PM 1.23	3:42AM 1.35	5:06AM 1.47	4:49PM 1.30	3:18AM 1.79		6:17PM 1.89	10:59PM 3.13	11:12AM 3.28		12:10AM 2.04		3:32PM 1.92	3:58AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)			7:26PM 0.34	8:12AM 0.33		8:20PM 0.32	9:54AM 0.79		9:23PM 0.29	10:53AM 0.52		9:07PM 0.29	9:28AM 0.30			5:05AM 0.70	4:29PM 0.12		10:03AM 0.20		10:28PM 0.14	7:35AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	24	25	20	14	15	15	15	14	18	19	19	18	20	19	18	20	19	18	17	19	16	21
Low °C	20	23	19	13	15	12	14	14	18	18	19	17	18	18	15	18	19	16	16	18	15	19
Chill °C (?)	24	25	20	14	14	14	15	12	17	19	19	18	20	19	18	20	19	18	16	19	16	21
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	7:43	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:05	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.5 W	0.9 ENE	2.5 SSW	5.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.8 E	1.2 E	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	13	14	8	9	9	9	15	16	10	18	17	17	16	16	14	14	14	13	12	8	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.5 N	0.6 SE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	1.2 SW	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	-	0.6 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.2 N	0.4 N	0.4 SSE	0.3 N
Period (s)	8	8	13	13	9	12	9	9	19	-	-	-	19	18	-	17	19	19	19	16	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	0.9 S	-	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	5	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 13							Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Te Araroa East Cape	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NE	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	2.1 NE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.4 SW	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	14	14	14	13	8	14	14	14	13	10	13	13	9	9	10	12	15	15	16	16
Energy(?)	1185	1805	1054	1179	1388	1437	1107	1340	1328	1071	858	667	704	615	1355	1216	1608	3571	3192	3605	3806	13434
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					1:32PM 1.22				2:08AM 1.32				1:33PM 1.56		8:44PM 2.63					12:49PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)			7:17AM 0.36				8:20PM 0.80				9:00AM 0.42						1:53AM 0.90		7:07AM 0.32			4:42PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	20	24	25	23	20	19	20	19	23	16	14	18	14	14	14	11	14	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	14	20	24	25	23	20	19	20	19	23	16	13	18	14	14	13	9	13	15	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:13
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NE	1.6 ENE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 SW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	2.5 W	2.5 W	3.0 WSW	0.6 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	14	14	14	13	8	9	9	8	8	10	9	8	9	9	10	19	15	15	16	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.5 SE	1.2 NE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 NE	1.1 SE	1.1 NW	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 WSW	0.4 NNE	0.9 NE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	-
Period (s)	13	13	7	8	8	9	13	14	14	14	13	9	13	9	8	8	21	15	9	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 NE	1.8 N	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	2.2 NE	2.1 NE	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	-	8	6	8	8	9	8	6	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	16

	Friday 13
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Canterbury	Te Araroa East Cape	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	2.0 ENE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	2.4 NE	2.2 NE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	2.2 NE	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.1 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	13	12	13	13	13	8	13	14	8	8	13	14	8	10	10	10	11	14	14	13	10
Energy(?)	2095	952	676	823	975	975	814	1138	1972	1194	1086	497	1685	764	480	508	365	1027	906	899	884	1153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)												12:41PM 1.53		2:37PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	20	15	15	16	18	18	19	19	19	12	21	21	18	18	22	15	12	12	12	11
Chill °C (?)	17	13	20	14	14	16	18	18	19	19	19	11	21	21	18	18	22	14	10	10	11	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NE	1.4 SE	1.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 E	1.6 SE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.8 NE	2.2 NE	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.1 NNW	1.3 WSW	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	13	8	8	13	13	8	13	8	12	12	9	8	8	10	10	10	11	9	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.1 SW	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.8 SE	1.5 ENE	1.6 SE	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 WSW	1.2 N	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	8	8	12	8	14	12	18	13	14	14	13	13	11	10	14	14	13	24
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NE	1.7 ENE	1.9 N	2.0 NE	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 ENE	2.0 NE	2.3 NE	2.4 NE	2.2 NE	0.6 SSW	2.1 NE	-	-	-	0.8 N	1.5 WNW	-	-	-	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	8	-	-	-	6	9	-	-	-	10

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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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