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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	Mon		Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Mon
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anaura Bay East Cape	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Kaka Point Catlins	Kaka Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	3	5	4	6	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 S	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.3 NNE	2.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	1.9 S	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 SSW	2.4 W	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	7	11	10	7	14	8	10	8	10	9	10	12	8	12	10	11	12	11	11	11	10	9
Energy(?)	467	949	811	554	310	383	561	1028	6615	1178	2622	4342	1402	4858	1116	2538	3575	3493	1383	1934	2101	1703
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	glass	off	on	glass	off	cross- on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		11:28PM 2.90	11:51AM 3.11		10:06PM 1.88	10:50AM 1.79		9:37PM 1.57	11:24AM 1.79		1:14AM 3.13	12:32PM 1.36		12:23AM 1.29	12:23PM 1.54		11:47PM 1.72	7:36AM 1.99			8:51AM 1.71	5:39PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	3:56PM 0.48		5:37AM 0.27	6:01PM 0.30		4:24AM 0.28	5:16PM 0.19	3:49AM 0.20	5:01AM 0.29		7:10PM 0.44	6:18AM 0.39	6:21PM 0.20		6:07AM 0.39	4:37PM 0.43			7:47PM 0.21	10:59PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	18	9	-	-	-	1	-	24	15	-	-	1	10	2	-	2	1	-	-	-	2
High °C	22	24	23	24	14	18	16	14	23	17	22	15	16	13	10	13	12	12	16	12	14	13
Low °C	21	23	23	23	13	18	15	14	22	17	19	15	14	7	8	12	10	12	15	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	22	24	23	24	13	18	16	12	23	17	22	14	14	12	7	12	12	9	14	10	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	8:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	9:23	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:07	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:22
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.9 SE	1.7 ESE	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	1.5 ENE	1.3 NNE	0.8 SSW	4.0 ENE	0.6 S	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.0 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.9 S	0.2 NNW	3.5 W	1.1 E	2.4 W	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	12	11	10	8	14	8	10	20	10	10	10	12	12	11	10	10	12	10	11	11	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 ESE	0.3 SE	0.6 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.6 S	-	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 WSW	-	1.5 E	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 NNW	1.0 E	1.3 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	9	12	10	11	6	9	12	9	-	20	13	10	15	-	10	12	12	-	10	10	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 S	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.4 E	-	-	2.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	2.5 E	-	-	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	0.7 W	3.0 W	-	3.5 SSW	-	1.5 SW	2.1 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	7	8	9	7	5	-	-	8	10	9	-	-	8	12	4	11	-	11	-	10	10	9

	Monday 19			Tuesday 20									Wednesday 21							Thursday 22
	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	6AM	8AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	8PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kingston Norfolk Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tom Bowling Bay Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Papatea Bay East Cape	Kingston Norfolk Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Dinner Plates Catlins	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	1.9 S	2.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.3 E	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.9 E	1.5 ESE	1.7 SSE	2.2 SE	1.8 ESE	2.3 SE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.1 S	1.8 NE	2.0 E	2.0 ESE	1.7 NNE	0.9 SSW	1.8 NNE
Period(s) (?)	11	7	7	7	9	10	9	8	10	7	7	10	11	11	11	14	9	8	11	10	20	10
Energy(?)	796	503	1002	601	1531	570	755	500	718	620	806	735	2460	1178	1068	587	504	853	962	1005	1430	1318
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	high-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:28PM 2.90														4:57PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)					3:38AM 0.22	3:47AM 0.29				6:01PM 0.30				4:05AM 0.20			3:54PM 0.39		5:15PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	7	2	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	24	21	19	17	21	23	20	18	24	20	19	17	19	19	20	18	17	18	21	17	14	17
Chill °C (?)	24	21	19	17	21	23	20	17	24	20	19	17	19	19	20	17	17	18	21	17	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Sunset	-	8:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	8:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	0.6 SW	1.8 S	1.5 S	2.0 E	1.4 SE	1.3 SSE	0.4 NNW	1.5 ESE	1.3 S	1.6 SSE	1.8 ESE	2.2 SE	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.1 S	0.2 N	0.7 S	2.0 ESE	1.7 NNE	1.7 ENE	1.8 NNE
Period (s)	11	11	8	7	9	10	9	13	10	7	7	10	11	11	11	14	12	10	11	10	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 NNE	1.0 S	1.1 E	0.2 N	1.1 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SSW	0.2 N	0.5 SSW	0.1 NE	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	9	11	11	13	10	8	15	10	13	13	14	14	8	8	10	13	22	13	11	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 S	2.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.3 E	-	1.5 SSE	1.9 E	-	1.7 SSE	2.2 SE	-	2.3 SE	-	-	0.6 E	1.8 NE	2.0 E	-	-	2.1 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	9	-	9	8	-	7	7	-	11	-	-	3	9	8	-	-	8	-

	Monday 19										Tue	Mon	Tuesday 20
	1PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	6PM	6PM	9PM	9PM	11PM	0AM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Kingston Norfolk Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tom Bowling Bay Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Papatea Bay East Cape	Kingston Norfolk Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	North Broulee NSW - Far South	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Dinner Plates Catlins	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.4 E	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.8 E	1.9 SE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.8 SE	1.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SE	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	7	7	7	9	11	9	8	11	7	7	9	9	9	8	7	8	13	8	13	13	13
Energy(?)	478	429	467	465	1022	862	618	486	1068	852	435	401	557	512	505	103	285	578	433	483	836	483
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:11PM 1.53			11:24PM 3.09	10:37PM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	22	22	20	23	24	18	24	18	17	19	22	22	22	14	18	10	21	18	12	18
Chill °C (?)	24	23	22	22	20	23	24	18	24	18	16	19	22	22	22	13	18	7	21	18	10	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 N	1.8 SE	1.4 E	0.4 N	1.9 SE	1.7 S	0.5 SW	1.4 SE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.5 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SE	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	14	11	8	15	11	8	11	9	8	8	8	9	8	13	8	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 E	-	0.1 N	0.8 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 NW	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 N	0.3 S	0.9 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	8	-	8	12	11	9	8	-	-	-	8	14	6	9	6	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	2.4 E	0.6 NNE	1.6 SSE	1.8 E	0.6 NNE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.8 SE	0.2 SSE	0.8 E	-	-	0.7 E	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	9	3	9	8	4	7	7	-	9	9	8	7	2	4	-	-	4	-

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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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