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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	Sun		Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sun
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Tora Point Wairarapa	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	2	2	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 NNE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 S	2.5 WNW	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SW	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	8	10	11	11	10	11	10	19	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	12	8
Energy(?)	1349	1025	734	305	598	410	1302	418	323	944	1274	1775	2970	2839	2362	4039	3660	1854	2417	2162	2590	1101
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		11:33PM 3.28	7:22AM 1.55		11:50PM 2.24	11:18AM 1.76		12:12AM 2.28	8:54AM 1.52		9:01PM 1.30	9:24AM 1.46	5:31PM 1.95	8:56PM 1.54	9:12AM 1.71		10:46PM 1.26	10:55AM 1.44	4:41PM 2.96		5:04AM 2.42	5:16PM 2.69
Low Tide / height (m)				5:43PM 0.61			6:13PM 0.44			6:22PM 0.54	3:08AM 0.26			2:49AM 0.33		4:39PM 0.24		4:40AM 0.25		11:03PM 0.99	11:14AM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	6	1	2	1	-	6	3	2	6	3	10	-
High °C	18	18	30	18	16	23	16	17	22	14	12	13	14	11	12	12	11	12	13	12	16	16
Low °C	18	17	26	17	13	19	16	16	20	13	8	12	13	8	12	12	10	11	13	10	15	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	30	18	15	23	15	17	22	12	10	12	12	10	12	10	8	12	12	11	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:11	-
Sunset	8:39	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 NE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 S	2.5 WNW	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.6 W	1.7 SW	-	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	2.5 W	-	0.1 W	3.0 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	8	10	11	11	10	11	10	19	9	16	-	15	14	14	13	12	-	20	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.4 NNE	0.2 ENE	0.7 SE	1.2 WSW	1.3 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.3 SW	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	13	13	9	9	8	4	16	5	12	9	17	9	-	-	-	13	13	13	-	-	20	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 NNE	0.4 NE	1.2 NE	0.7 NW	-	0.5 S	0.4 NNE	3.0 W	-	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	8	3	5	4	-	4	5	7	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	-	8

	Sunday 21			Monday 22								Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	5PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 NNE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 S	1.8 NNE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.5 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	8	12	8	12	12	8	12	11	10	8	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	799	1180	511	1130	964	1312	680	579	366	549	616	663	1384	501	598	545	359	568	1628	1513	1286	1123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:12PM 1.42	11:13PM 2.24				11:23AM 2.48			7:33PM 1.32			7:00AM 1.64	7:03AM 1.78						1:54AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)		5:25PM 0.79				3:35AM 0.15			2:06PM 0.58								2:34PM 0.26		7:53PM 1.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	18	11	17	17	23	19	20	18	25	19	18	14	13	19	23	23	19	14	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	18	11	17	17	23	19	20	18	25	19	18	14	12	19	23	23	19	14	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 NE	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 S	1.1 NE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 E	1.5 NE	1.5 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	1.9 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	8	12	8	12	12	8	12	11	10	8	11	11	8	6	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 SSE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	1.2 SE	1.5 SSE	1.2 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.8 SSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.6 NW	1.4 NW
Period (s)	11	13	10	13	12	10	12	12	9	9	6	6	10	11	6	6	5	5	15	15	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 NNE	-	0.4 WNW	-	1.8 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	2.5 ENE	-	-	1.3 SW	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	8	-	7	-	8	6	6	8	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 21	Monday 22
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	5PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 NE	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 NNE	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	8	12	12	7	12	12	8	7	8	8	7	9	9	8	9	8	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	316	1415	495	1349	1342	170	1180	1025	511	975	253	215	100	296	253	179	238	158	157	161	210	197
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					5:05PM 0.61							12:56AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	19	14	18	18	28	18	18	11	26	11	11	8	8	11	11	9	12	8	10	13	15
Chill °C (?)	12	19	13	18	18	28	18	18	11	26	10	10	5	8	11	11	8	12	6	9	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	2.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.2 E	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	1.5 NE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	8	12	12	8	12	12	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	8	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.2 SSE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	8	13	11	13	13	10	13	13	10	10	11	11	7	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	1.3 NE	-	-	-	2.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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