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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	Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			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	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smithfield Canterbury	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	All Day Bay Otago	Lyall Bay Wellington	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Fields Canterbury	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Baylys Beach Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	0.5 SSW	1.0 NNW	1.2 E	4.0 W	1.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSW	1.6 S	2.3 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 SSE	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 W	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	11	11	14	11	9	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	16	9	7	18	13
Energy(?)	1656	1171	1882	1447	140	504	271	5054	444	2205	1511	1661	934	1459	557	711	585	1141	620	363	504	509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:10AM 1.80		9:46PM 1.42	9:34AM 1.44		10:17PM 1.57	9:56AM 1.42		10:08PM 1.40	11:03AM 1.57		11:13PM 1.38	11:25AM 1.46		11:50PM 1.83	10:16AM 1.60	6:49PM 1.79		6:52AM 2.82	1:17PM 1.47	2:14AM 1.51	8:06AM 2.41
Low Tide / height (m)		4:30PM 0.27	3:58AM 0.20		4:39PM 0.58			4:02PM 0.19		4:48AM 0.41	5:24PM 0.40		5:14AM 0.20	5:48PM 0.16		4:12AM 0.36		1:06AM 0.61			7:57PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	2	3	11	2	-	2	-	1	2	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	14	-
High °C	25	18	17	19	12	13	13	16	13	15	15	15	19	15	13	13	17	17	19	16	14	20
Low °C	21	18	16	19	12	11	13	16	12	13	14	14	17	15	12	13	15	15	16	15	13	19
Chill °C (?)	25	18	17	19	10	13	10	16	11	15	13	14	19	14	12	13	16	17	19	15	13	20
Sunrise	6:05	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:41
Sunset	-	8:57	-	-	9:22	-	-	9:04	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:13	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.8 ENE	1.0 NNW	1.2 E	4.0 W	1.0 SSE	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSW	1.6 S	2.3 S	1.5 SSE	1.7 S	0.5 ESE	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	9	11	11	12	11	9	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	9	9	6	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.2 SSW	1.3 SW	0.5 E	0.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	10	10	10	14	14	9	12	10	9	9	10	11	12	11	11	15	16	11	13	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 W	-	1.2 SSW	-	0.7 W	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	-	1.9 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	5	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	7	-	-

	Thursday 22							Friday 23								Saturday 24
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Three Points East Cape	Blackhead Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 NE	3.0 NE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	9	9	13
Energy(?)	5407	1914	3207	3204	1036	1495	2507	1950	1823	1441	1311	1121	1191	1245	1248	1073	4773	5071	4007	1865	1319	5503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			9:26AM 1.54				8:46PM 1.29				9:18AM 1.52				9:07PM 1.73		3:34AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)	3:57AM 0.21				3:58PM 0.63				2:40AM 0.20				3:16PM 0.21						9:06AM 0.88
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	12	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	7	-	-	-	-	2	1	-
Temp. °C	22	22	23	19	26	24	17	17	16	16	19	22	17	17	13	11	12	12	13	13	15	16
Chill °C (?)	22	22	23	19	26	24	17	17	16	16	19	22	17	17	12	8	11	11	13	11	14	16
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 NE	3.0 NE	4.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 W	2.1 S	1.2 SSW	4.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.5 S	1.4 SE	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.9 N	0.8 N	1.0 NNW	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.5 NNW
Period (s)	17	17	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	15	14	11	11	10	10	9	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.7 SE	1.4 SSW	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	-	-	-	9	10	6	-	-	-	9	9	-

	Thursday 22
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Three Points East Cape	Blackhead Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.5 NE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 E	0.8 S	2.5 E	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.9 E	0.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	3.0 E	3.0 E	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	18	18	18	18	11	11	18
Energy(?)	2706	5100	4286	2147	1232	3241	1819	2335	1040	166	1522	5707	2785	2782	630	202	1022	1022	282	1971	2124	621
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:10AM 1.50												8:30PM 1.35	9:04PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)			3:14AM 0.21											2:40PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	9	2	5	2	3	2	2	5	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	19	17	20	20	17	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	15	19	18	17	17	19	17
Chill °C (?)	22	22	18	15	20	19	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	15	14	19	17	17	16	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	3.5 NE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 S	2.4 E	2.4 E	0.8 S	2.5 E	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.9 E	0.6 S	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 W	3.0 E	3.0 E	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	17	10	14	13	14	13	12	9	9	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	18	18	18	11	11	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.1 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.4 SSW	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.5 N	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	15	17	16	24	-	-	22	11	11	21	11	11	10	10	10	18	9	9	8	10	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.5 NE	3.5 ENE	2.5 E	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	-	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	1.9 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	0.7 W	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	-	9	-	10	9	9	-	8	5	6	-	-	3	-

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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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