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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	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	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	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Tracks Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Colac Bay Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Kaka Point Catlins	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 W	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	1.8 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.5 SSE	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	13	18	18	14	14	15	16	18	12	11
Energy(?)	2634	2209	4726	702	2577	2737	2525	1562	2304	1291	935	998	256	1140	572	1588	1004	949	776	10	4840	3378
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:36PM 1.67	10:56AM 1.02	12:17PM 3.03	12:34AM 2.62	12:08PM 1.01		12:15AM 1.57	12:45PM 0.90		1:29AM 1.52	11:26AM 1.68		2:56AM 1.46		4:41PM 2.87		4:12AM 1.44	5:21PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)		3:52PM 0.19		5:22AM 0.26		6:21PM 0.13	6:12AM 0.15	5:31PM 0.39		7:24AM 0.47	6:08PM 0.49		5:19AM 0.11	5:53PM 0.11	7:45PM 0.59	10:16AM 0.42		10:54PM 1.09	11:09AM 0.34		10:56PM 0.54	8:28AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	9	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	-	-
High °C	14	20	19	13	16	18	20	20	19	13	11	21	11	12	11	11	14	15	11	15	11	12
Low °C	14	19	18	13	15	17	18	20	18	12	11	19	9	11	10	7	12	14	10	15	7	7
Chill °C (?)	13	20	18	11	15	17	20	20	19	11	9	21	10	11	9	10	13	14	8	13	9	12
Sunrise	6:54	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 W	0.1 NE	2.5 SSE	1.8 S	2.5 S	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.5 S	2.0 SE	2.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.5 SSE	0.7 WSW	-	0.8 W	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.1 N	1.4 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	12	10	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	13	-	18	14	10	15	16	15	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNW	-	0.1 NE	0.7 ENE	1.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	1.4 SSW	1.4 SE	0.3 WSW	0.2 S	0.7 WSW	-	1.1 SW	-	0.2 ENE	-	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	-	13	9	12	12	12	10	14	10	8	11	20	13	13	-	14	-	8	-	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	0.9 WSW	-	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	-	2.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	-	1.7 W	-	-	0.3 NNW	1.9 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	12	12	4	-	11	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	18	-	7	-	-	2	6	12	11

	Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	3AM	6AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Tracks Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Tokomaru Bay East Cape
Rating	8	9	8	8	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	5.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	7108	8302	7846	7846	1397	3355	4904	4276	4021	4093	3468	3433	6195	1372	3300	3008	2170	2016	2280	2123	2183	3090
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low
High Tide / height (m)									10:22PM 1.74								12:34AM 3.47				11:26AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)			4:23AM 0.22			5:33PM -0.02					5:00AM 0.29		2:46PM 0.13	3:07PM -0.01	4:18PM 0.21				6:03AM 0.40			4:02PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	14	19	14	15	19	18	18	18	18	19	14	14	19	18	14	14	17	20	20	11
Chill °C (?)	16	15	12	19	13	15	19	18	18	17	17	18	13	12	18	17	12	12	16	20	20	8
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	0.7 E	0.8 E	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	0.7 E
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	14	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.9 NNW	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 E	0.6 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	-	11	11	10	8	-	11	13	13	13	15	15	11	7	12	12	11	16	11	11	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	5.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	-	-	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11

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	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	5AM	6AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	1PM	2PM	1PM	2PM	5PM	6PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Tracks Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Tokomaru Bay East Cape
Rating	8	9	8	8	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	0.2 S	1.5 NE	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	16	13	13	13	14	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	8
Energy(?)	9046	2960	3203	3203	3657	5350	6504	6504	6504	5927	5936	5959	9	301	5694	5942	5035	4551	2320	2439	2600	419
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												9:46AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)						5:13AM 0.00	4:13AM 0.03											5:33PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	17	17	14	13	17	17	17	19	20	21	17	20	22	22	16	16	21	21	21	14
Chill °C (?)	15	19	16	16	13	12	16	16	16	18	20	21	17	20	22	22	15	15	21	21	21	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	5:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	15	9	9	9	14	15	12	12	12	13	13	13	8	9	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.2 NW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	-	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	8	-	-	-	-	11	13	13	8	13	13	13	8	8	-	-	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	-	1.5 NE	3.5 S	3.5 S	-	-	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.1 N
Period (s)	16	13	13	13	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	8	13	13	-	-	13	13	13	8

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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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