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

	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wed
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Fields Canterbury	Goat Island Reef Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Fields Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	4	8	8	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.5 N	1.9 N	1.3 N	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 NNE	1.7 NNE	3.0 NE	1.6 ENE	5.0 NE	7.0 ENE	5.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 E	2.2 W	0.9 ESE	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	9	14	15	11	10	10	13	13	14	12	13	12
Energy(?)	770	1028	1460	2168	1077	711	1046	1207	906	2634	405	10022	25149	6719	707	891	1566	1804	449	2142	1508	1520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			11:46PM 1.92	10:27AM 1.19		10:36PM 1.40		1:21PM 2.09	2:07AM 2.13		2:13PM 2.03		3:08AM 2.12	3:14PM 2.01		3:32AM 1.54	3:38PM 1.48					8:13AM 2.98
Low Tide / height (m)		1:50PM 0.52		4:23AM 0.28	4:18PM 0.35		7:20AM 0.96		7:35PM 0.92	8:13AM 0.98		8:28PM 0.95	9:12AM 0.98		9:29PM 0.94	9:34AM 0.47		10:33PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	12	9	4	-	-	14	-	7	6	5
High °C	22	21	19	20	20	17	18	20	17	21	18	21	21	22	16	13	14	14	20	12	15	15
Low °C	17	20	17	18	19	14	15	18	17	19	16	20	20	20	14	12	12	12	18	12	14	15
Chill °C (?)	22	21	19	20	20	17	18	20	17	21	17	20	21	22	15	11	13	14	20	11	14	14
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	6:09	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:55	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.9 N	1.3 N	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 NNE	1.7 NNE	3.0 NE	0.1 S	-	7.0 ENE	-	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.1 E	2.2 W	0.9 ESE	3.0 W	2.1 W	2.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	10	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	-	15	-	10	10	13	13	14	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.1 NNE	1.5 N	1.5 E	1.2 ENE	0.9 W	0.5 NW	1.4 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 NNW	0.9 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	12	8	14	10	9	8	14	10	13	13	9	-	-	-	-	16	5	14	8	13	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 N	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	5.0 NE	4.0 ESE	5.5 ENE	-	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	9	14	12	11	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08							Thursday 09								Friday 10
	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	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Black Swamp Northland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Tauranga Bay Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 E	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.6 N	1.8 N	1.9 N	2.0 N	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.7 N	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	10	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1570	1039	1023	3028	1170	1008	1401	1460	1678	1983	2168	2371	2028	2072	2246	1627	1576	1423	1046	1235	1096	1066
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				9:42AM 1.21					12:28AM 2.24				12:37PM 2.15				12:51AM 1.55					3:20PM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 0.60					3:33PM 0.34	6:05PM 0.80				6:33AM 0.91				6:47PM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	20	19	22	22	19	18	17	17	18	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	15	21	19	19
Chill °C (?)	11	12	20	19	22	22	19	18	17	17	18	20	19	19	19	18	18	16	15	21	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.6 N	1.8 N	1.9 N	2.0 N	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.5 WSW	1.7 N	1.7 WSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	13	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	1.6 N	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.4 E	0.5 NW	0.3 NNW	0.5 NW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	13	8	13	9	9	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	9	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	-	-	3.0 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 08
	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	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Black Swamp Northland	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Tauranga Bay Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 NNE	2.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	2.3 NNE	2.2 NNE	1.4 NNE	0.9 WSW	1.9 N	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	14	13	8	13	13
Energy(?)	1397	1003	1355	1038	693	693	959	919	849	741	960	823	889	960	1028	1114	1097	1529	300	581	299	450
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)												11:56AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 0.60	1:34AM 0.52		3:37AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	14	14	21	16	16	16	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	16	19	16	17
Chill °C (?)	12	12	21	15	15	15	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	16	19	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	6:09	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.4 SSW	2.0 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 E	0.6 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 E	0.9 WSW	0.5 N	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	9	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	13	16	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 S	0.2 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.6 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.1 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.4 NNE	0.7 W	0.3 N	0.7 W	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	9	13	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	14	5	12	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 NNE	2.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NNE	2.2 NNE	-	-	1.9 N	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	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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