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

	Tue		Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tue
	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	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Blackhead Wairarapa	Three Points East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Colac Bay Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland	Nicks Point Southland
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	3	7	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SE	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 W	2.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 SW	4.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	9	11	11	10	11	11	7	12	16	15	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	2398	2737	1400	2798	2376	1703	2153	2101	211	1548	1318	495	2104	1703	439	681	6396	1490	700	989	1161	1695
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		11:12PM 1.75	11:26AM 1.00		1:35AM 3.26			1:29AM 1.52					3:59PM 1.05	3:46AM 1.37	4:12AM 1.44	1:27PM 1.41	2:06AM 1.52		6:05PM 1.31		5:57AM 1.44	6:41PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			6:03AM 0.40	5:05PM 0.35	7:18PM 0.75	8:01AM 0.89	6:08PM 0.49		8:58AM 0.48	4:35PM 0.41	9:50PM 0.74	9:40AM 0.24		9:26PM 0.52	11:09AM 0.34		7:48PM 0.22	8:32AM 0.40		11:40PM 0.40	12:20PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	7	-	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	13	19	11	12	19	18	13	13	12	10	17	16	12	16	12	15	17	16	17	15
Low °C	15	17	13	19	9	11	19	17	10	13	11	10	17	16	10	14	11	14	16	15	16	14
Chill °C (?)	17	17	11	19	8	10	18	18	11	11	12	10	16	14	12	14	10	15	16	15	17	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	5:55	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.3 SE	0.4 SW	2.4 SSE	2.5 SE	3.0 SSE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 S	2.5 SW	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	16	11	11	10	11	11	7	12	16	15	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	22
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.4 NW	0.1 NE	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 E	-	-	0.5 SW	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.1 WSW	0.3 NNE	-
Period (s)	12	12	8	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	9	-	-	12	15	13	7	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.1 SSE	2.3 SE	-	1.1 WNW	1.0 WSW	-	2.5 W	0.7 NW	-	1.5 SW	4.0 WSW	-	1.4 WSW	1.3 SW	-	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	11	9	11	10	10	11	11	-	5	5	-	13	5	-	12	12	-	7	7	-	12

	Tuesday 21				Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Fri
	3PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	3AM	6AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	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	South Shore Canterbury	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.7 E	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	2.1 SSE	1.7 ESE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	12	11	12	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	2398	3484	3275	3094	2770	3288	2334	2339	2255	1327	1123	3397	3214	3095	3116	1121	1130	1544	2104	1085	2101	2037
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	12:05PM 3.44				12:34AM 3.47				11:26AM 1.00				12:15AM 1.57			10:31AM 1.55						1:29AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)			4:18PM 0.21				6:03AM 0.40				7:33PM 0.43							4:53PM 0.27	6:08PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	-	2	1	2	1
Temp. °C	17	20	19	18	14	14	18	18	20	9	11	18	17	18	17	11	13	12	19	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	17	20	18	17	12	12	17	17	20	7	8	18	17	18	16	8	11	10	19	19	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:55	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	1.2 ESE	0.6 WSW	2.4 SSE	2.3 SE	2.1 SSE	2.4 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	2.1 SE	1.7 ESE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	8	8	10	10	10	10	14	11	11	11	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.7 E	0.1 NW	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.1 NE	0.7 E	0.5 E	1.5 S	0.8 SSE	0.1 NE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	17	16	11	11	11	10	8	14	13	12	11	10	9	9	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.7 S	2.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	9	12	11	12	11	9	10	9	11	10	11	10

	Tuesday 21													Wednesday 22
	1PM	12PM	1PM	2PM	5PM	6PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	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	South Shore Canterbury	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape	Tolaga Bay East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.5 ESE	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	3.5 S	4.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	2339	1492	1457	1457	4686	4819	3291	3300	3275	416	2575	2873	2653	2598	2737	4774	3485	5563	2537	1122	2334	2365
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:05PM 3.44													11:15PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)							4:18PM 0.21									3:31AM 0.03					6:03AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	21	21	20	16	15	20	19	19	9	11	18	17	17	18	13	12	12	17	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	21	21	20	15	14	20	18	18	7	8	18	17	17	17	9	8	9	16	15	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	1.5 ESE	0.6 WSW	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SE	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.1 ENE	2.2 SE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.1 WNW	1.1 WNW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	12	15	10	10	9	9	12	12	12	15	16	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	11	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.4 SW	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	4.5 SSE	3.5 S	4.5 S	2.5 SSE	-	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	3	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	-	10	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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