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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thu
	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	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Taupo Bay Northland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Loisell's East Cape	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	5	6	5	4	5	9	5	8	6	4	6	5	3	5	5	6	6	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 N	4.5 NE	3.0 NNW	2.1 SSW	4.0 ENE	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSE	2.5 S	3.5 S	2.2 SSE	1.3 SW	3.0 SSW	1.2 ESE	2.5 WSW	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	14	10	12	12	11	9	14	14	13	12	12	16	11	11	17	16	8	10	14	13	11	13
Energy(?)	1043	3659	2448	1448	3747	1995	2337	3124	7513	1456	1087	5363	498	2201	5668	6368	1211	2126	3869	1920	893	1293
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:01PM 0.94				7:58PM 1.71	7:53AM 2.34	5:05PM 2.22	8:36PM 2.31	4:44AM 2.02		6:42PM 1.24	7:17AM 1.49	1:39PM 1.91			2:18PM 1.92		8:46AM 1.64		9:09PM 1.58	9:13AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	9:55AM 0.31		12:18AM 1.27	11:55AM 0.50	1:30PM 0.58	2:14AM 0.69			2:42AM 0.61	11:15AM 0.43	3:17PM 0.43	12:44AM 0.40			9:59PM 0.12	8:49AM 0.09		2:13AM 0.06		2:47PM 0.41	3:12AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	21	17	21	15	18	19	21	20	22	16	15	22	20	18	19	14	16	17	18	11	15
Low °C	16	21	16	21	15	15	15	20	18	18	16	12	18	19	17	18	12	14	17	16	10	13
Chill °C (?)	17	21	16	21	13	18	19	21	20	22	16	15	22	20	17	18	13	16	16	18	10	15
Sunrise	7:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	7:29	-	-	7:37	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:02	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 N	0.2 N	3.0 NNW	2.1 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.8 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.2 SSE	1.3 SW	3.0 SSW	1.2 ESE	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	3.5 SW	0.2 ESE	1.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	14	16	12	12	14	10	14	14	13	12	12	16	11	11	11	16	10	14	14	13	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	0.6 WSW	1.3 E	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.2 NNE	0.9 SW	2.2 SW	-	-	0.4 SE	-	0.4 ESE	0.7 S	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	13	9	-	10	10	10	10	10	19	8	12	19	17	-	-	9	-	11	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 NE	-	-	4.0 ENE	2.5 SSW	-	-	3.5 S	-	1.6 ENE	-	1.3 NNE	-	2.5 WSW	-	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	11	9	-	-	13	-	7	-	7	-	11	-	8	10	-	-	-	-

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	2AM	5AM	10AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	12PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Taupo Bay Northland	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	6	5	5	5	9	9	9	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.8 NNW	2.1 E	3.0 N	4.0 N	3.0 N	4.0 NE	3.5 N	3.5 NE	3.0 NNW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	4.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 S	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	10	12	10	12	11	11	11	9	12	11	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1335	1411	1401	1238	3586	5923	3440	5217	3261	3948	3027	1008	1121	5541	3026	3945	3018	8406	12167	12482	2726	3300
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		2:42AM 1.45				6:40PM 1.71										11:21PM 1.83			5:35AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)				10:13AM 0.59								10:05AM 0.61		5:06PM 0.28	7:12PM 0.09						12:52PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	risk thund- der	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	3	4	-	2	-	2	8	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	14	25	15	15	16	21	16	20	16	21	22	17	18	16	15	15	14	19	20	21
Chill °C (?)	20	19	13	25	14	14	15	21	15	20	15	21	22	17	18	16	15	14	13	19	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.8 NNW	2.1 E	3.0 N	4.0 N	3.0 N	3.5 NE	3.5 N	3.5 NE	3.0 NNW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.5 E
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	10	12	10	12	11	11	10	10	12	11	13	14	14	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.1 NE	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 N	0.6 WSW	-	0.4 WSW	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	12	10	14	13	13	12	13	16	12	-	12	9	9	14	16	14	13	11	11	10	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	4.0 NE	-	3.0 NNE	-	-	-	3.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	4.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 S	-	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	-	11	9	-	-	14	14	14	-	14

	Thursday 26
	0AM	1AM	4AM	3AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	12PM	1PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Taupo Bay Northland	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Papatowai Catlins	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	6	5	5	5	9	9	9	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.0 WSW	2.3 E	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	4.5 NE	1.8 NNW	5.0 NE	1.8 NNW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	12	14	13	14	10	13	10	12	11	11	8	8	7	7	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1327	1326	472	1596	449	1152	701	4049	1401	4184	1274	964	1372	1307	788	913	982	1036	1036	1026	925	929
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				2:44AM 1.47	5:41AM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)								8:38AM 0.72			11:36AM 0.60					4:34PM 0.20						8:47PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	2	2	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	16	19	16	16	15	20	14	18	13	22	22	17	15	14	14	25	25	25	24	23
Chill °C (?)	21	20	15	19	16	16	14	19	13	16	12	22	22	15	13	11	11	25	25	25	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.0 WSW	2.3 E	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 N	0.4 NW	1.8 NNW	0.1 N	1.8 NNW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	12	12	14	12	14	13	8	13	13	18	12	11	11	13	12	13	13	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.8 N	0.6 NE	0.5 N	0.8 NNE	1.0 WSW	0.2 N	0.9 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	1.5 E	1.5 E	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	12	12	7	10	14	12	14	17	14	-	14	9	9	20	11	11	9	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	4.5 NE	0.4 ESE	5.0 NE	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	1.1 NNE	1.1 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	10	3	10	-	-	-	8	8	7	7	9	9	-	4	5

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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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