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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	Sat	Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blowhole Bay of Plenty	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Bluecliffs Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie
Rating	4	9	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	6	3	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	6.5 NE	1.6 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	1.6 E	3.0 W	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	1.6 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	0.9 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	13	14	10	12	12	14	10	12	12	11	10	10	8	9	15	16	12	14	14	12	14
Energy(?)	1131	15497	1009	918	2150	723	3367	2395	2330	1901	1165	281	314	339	442	509	1340	2391	3030	263	1989	3595
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:46AM 1.49															10:38PM 2.05	7:43AM 1.42		11:18PM 2.12
Low Tide / height (m)		8:03AM 0.52					9:48PM 0.42	7:49AM 0.45		12:23AM 0.34											5:13PM 0.40	10:47PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	17	-	-	-	1	17	12	9	3	-	-	-	1	-	14	2	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	24	18	20	16	14	12	12	11	13	15	13	14	15	10	13	14	11	11	19	18
Low °C	17	20	22	17	19	14	12	11	11	9	11	13	11	12	13	10	9	12	9	9	18	14
Chill °C (?)	19	19	24	18	20	15	12	10	11	10	11	14	12	14	15	8	12	12	9	11	18	17
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:31	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	-	1.6 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	1.6 E	0.2 NNW	2.5 WNW	3.0 WNW	2.5 W	1.6 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	0.7 NW	1.7 S	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 ENE	0.2 NNE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	8	-	14	10	12	12	13	10	12	12	11	10	10	6	9	15	13	12	14	8	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 NW	1.7 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.1 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.2 NNE	-
Period (s)	12	-	6	-	4	4	16	13	13	13	13	8	12	11	11	10	16	-	-	14	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	6.5 NE	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	3.0 W	-	-	-	1.7 WSW	-	0.5 W	1.4 S	0.1 NW	0.5 N	1.3 W	-	-	1.1 W	2.5 S	-
Period (s)	7	13	-	3	-	-	14	-	-	-	6	-	3	8	6	3	5	-	-	4	12	-

	Sat	Sunday 12									Monday 13							Tuesday 14
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Hawai River East Cape	Torere Beach East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kuaotunu Coromandel	Blowhole Bay of Plenty	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	All Day Bay Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	5	9	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	5.0 ENE	6.5 NE	2.3 E	3.5 E	1.7 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	3.0 W	2.0 S	1.9 E	3.0 W	2.0 E	3.0 WNW	2.0 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	8	8	8	13	13	10	12	14	11	12	12	11	12	14	12	12	13	12	13	11
Energy(?)	3989	4314	1043	1089	1226	8844	15121	1050	3400	1273	1045	1898	2150	1539	1398	4339	1916	1130	3101	1140	2551	1056
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	flow	high	mid-ebb	flow	mid-ebb	flow	flow	flow	flow	flow	mid-flow	high	ebb	low	ebb	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:07AM 1.40				2:41PM 1.46										5:36PM 1.19				8:15AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)	7:24PM 0.45				6:23AM 0.33														2:42AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	8	12	20	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	2	4	4	3	-
Temp. °C	20	22	19	18	19	21	21	18	20	17	18	17	19	19	20	11	19	12	11	9	12	12
Chill °C (?)	20	22	19	18	19	21	21	18	20	17	18	17	19	19	20	10	19	12	11	7	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	5.0 ENE	6.5 NE	0.1 S	3.5 E	1.7 E	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	3.0 W	2.0 S	1.9 E	3.0 W	2.0 E	3.0 WNW	2.0 E
Period (s)	14	14	8	8	8	13	13	13	12	14	11	12	12	11	12	14	12	12	13	12	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.8 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 WNW	1.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.9 WNW	0.4 S	0.4 NW	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	9	-	-	-	-	7	-	4	4	12	5	13	14	16	12	5	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.3 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	-	2.3 E	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	10	-	-	4	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Saturday 11					Sunday 12
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	2AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	9AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Hawai River East Cape	Torere Beach East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kuaotunu Coromandel	Blowhole Bay of Plenty	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	All Day Bay Otago	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	5	9	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	5.0 ENE	5.5 NE	0.2 SSW	1.7 E	1.3 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.7 WNW	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.8 NW	0.2 SSW	1.3 W	0.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	7	7	8	14	14	12	10	13	8	8	8	8	8	10	13	10	10	13	11	13
Energy(?)	3749	3989	451	451	474	11006	11574	28	533	635	1062	1089	1052	453	1226	1136	633	532	1397	17	438	26
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)																		11:13AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		7:24PM 0.45											6:23AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	17	18	18	20	20	17	18	21	18	18	18	17	19	13	15	18	14	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	20	20	16	18	18	19	19	16	18	21	18	18	18	17	19	12	13	18	12	16	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	0.1 S	0.1 S	2.0 E	-	5.5 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	1.3 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.0 NE	1.8 E	1.7 WNW	1.2 E	1.7 E	1.8 NW	1.9 ENE	1.3 W	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	12	12	8	-	14	12	12	13	8	8	8	12	8	10	13	10	10	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.5 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.2 WSW	1.1 S	0.1 S	1.4 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	12	-	-	12	7	6	9	9	9	9	9	12	7	13	12	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.0 E	2.0 E	-	5.0 ENE	-	1.9 ENE	1.7 E	0.9 SSE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.8 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.6 NNE	0.6 W	-	1.7 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	-	14	-	7	10	5	8	8	8	8	8	5	4	-	6	-	-	-

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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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