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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Campbells Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Aussie pipe NSW - South Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.3 NNE	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.8 NW	7.5 NNE	4.5 ENE	3.0 E	0.4 E	2.2 S	2.1 W	3.0 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.9 SSW	3.5 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 SW	5.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	8	9	10	13	12	12	18	11	13	9	12	7	11	11	11	10	10	12
Energy(?)	1094	2086	1336	1929	241	599	775	29542	6449	2425	189	1655	1822	2349	2542	555	5615	1229	1584	1855	1276	11705
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:12PM 1.79			4:45PM 2.20		5:06AM 2.01														10:28PM 2.15	10:43AM 2.25
Low Tide / height (m)			9:44PM 1.05	7:10AM 0.52		8:43PM 1.01	11:29AM 0.80					9:28PM 0.52			10:20PM 0.48					4:26PM 0.19		4:34AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	-	-	-	7	12	4	2	-	-	-	3	-	1
High °C	18	21	18	22	16	15	16	20	19	20	14	16	14	14	11	12	11	13	18	19	17	13
Low °C	15	19	17	20	15	14	16	19	18	18	13	14	13	13	10	12	10	12	16	18	17	11
Chill °C (?)	18	21	18	22	15	14	16	19	19	20	13	16	13	13	9	10	8	13	18	18	16	11
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:28
Sunset	-	5:49	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:53	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.3 NNE	0.1 S	2.0 ENE	1.8 NW	6.0 NE	4.5 ENE	3.0 E	1.9 ENE	2.2 S	2.1 W	1.2 W	3.0 WNW	0.7 NE	3.0 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	12	9	10	13	12	12	13	11	13	13	12	8	11	11	11	10	10	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	1.8 ENE	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.3 ENE	0.4 E	1.1 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	14	10	13	-	12	8	12	-	-	16	18	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	16	15	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	7.5 NNE	-	-	0.5 S	-	1.7 NNW	3.0 WNW	-	1.9 SSW	3.5 S	-	1.7 WNW	2.4 WSW	-	5.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	9	-	13	-	-	4	-	8	9	-	7	11	-	6	10	-	12

	Friday 10							Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Coopers Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Campbells Bay Otago	Fields Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NNE	1.9 N	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.7 WSW	2.5 NE	1.6 SW	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NE	2.3 NNE	3.5 NE	2.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	8	8	8	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1552	2321	1094	1370	1270	2461	1107	3065	3533	4255	1929	4310	2714	4557	8022	1011	1644	1019	1462	1291	1112	1119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	12:51AM 1.55								12:53AM 1.48				1:09PM 1.40			10:54PM 1.53	12:06AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)											7:10AM 0.52				7:35PM 0.56						1:15PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	15	22	19	19	18	18	18	18	20	21	21	20	21	14	15	19	16	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	17	15	22	19	19	18	18	18	17	20	21	21	20	21	13	14	19	16	13	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NNE	1.9 N	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.7 WSW	2.5 NE	1.6 SW	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NE	2.3 NNE	3.5 NE	2.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	1.5 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.8 NW	1.9 NW	1.7 NW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	8	8	8	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.5 NW	0.3 NNW	0.5 NW	0.3 NW	0.8 S	1.7 E	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.3 WSW	1.1 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	9	10	14	14	13	12	5	10	13	13	-	13	13	-	-	8	-	9	8	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	1.5 ESE	-	-	1.8 E	1.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.5 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	10	-	-	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	9	6	-	-

	Friday 10
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Te Araroa East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Coopers Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Campbells Bay Otago	Fields Canterbury	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 NNE	1.9 N	0.9 WSW	1.9 N	1.5 WSW	1.9 NNE	1.4 SW	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 NNE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	1.0 NNE	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period(s) (?)	16	16	14	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	9	9	10	10	14	9	9
Energy(?)	1602	2442	522	1797	1089	1468	839	2293	2265	2299	1389	1498	1350	1314	1456	206	192	207	144	972	179	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:51AM 1.55		2:50AM 2.35										12:18PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)																3:39PM 0.51	4:58PM 0.43	5:03PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	15	17	14	16	17	18	19	20	21	20	22	21	21	14	14	15	12	13	12	12
Chill °C (?)	18	17	14	17	13	16	16	18	19	20	21	20	22	21	21	12	12	14	10	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 NNE	1.9 N	1.1 WSW	1.9 N	1.5 WSW	1.9 NNE	1.4 SW	2.0 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 NNE	0.2 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	1.2 WSW	0.9 W	0.9 W
Period (s)	16	16	6	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	4	9	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.5 NW	1.5 E	0.1 NW	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.0 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	9	10	14	14	15	9	13	10	10	10	14	8	13	13	9	13	14	4	7	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	0.4 ESE	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	-	3	-	-	-

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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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