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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	Mon	Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27
	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	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Purakaunui Bay Catlins	Blackhead Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	2.3 WSW	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.2 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.0 SE	1.3 SSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.3 SW	2.4 WSW	1.5 S	1.9 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 W	2.5 W
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	7	8	12	15	10	10	13	14	14	13	16	10	10
Energy(?)	4757	2806	3152	2975	2378	2059	2635	1536	1338	325	648	2499	1520	1943	478	1254	3331	2191	526	1474	2109	1387
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:22PM 1.74	11:04AM 1.09		11:12PM 1.75	11:26AM 1.00		1:35AM 3.26		2:14PM 3.02	1:24AM 1.48	11:38AM 1.54	2:40PM 0.89					5:28AM 2.64	12:34PM 1.47		5:11AM 1.45	2:40PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		5:09AM 0.08	4:18PM 0.21		6:03AM 0.40	5:05PM 0.35	7:18PM 0.75	8:01AM 0.89			5:33AM 0.11		9:37PM 1.09	10:02AM 0.25	5:45PM 0.11	10:54PM 1.09	11:51AM 0.67		10:56PM 0.54	11:48AM 0.27		11:55PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	2	12	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	19	15	20	8	12	14	14	10	13	14	12	17	17	13	15	13	15	16	15	14
Low °C	18	15	18	14	19	8	11	13	13	9	11	13	11	13	14	12	14	12	15	16	14	13
Chill °C (?)	18	17	19	13	20	4	10	12	12	8	13	12	11	16	17	13	14	11	15	16	14	14
Sunrise	-	6:54	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.3 WSW	2.4 SE	0.8 WNW	2.2 SE	2.2 ESE	0.7 E	0.8 E	2.0 SE	1.3 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 S	1.9 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	0.1 N	2.5 W
Period (s)	12	12	11	9	10	11	10	10	10	7	8	10	15	14	10	13	14	14	13	16	18	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	2.1 S	0.1 NE	-	0.1 NE	-	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 SW	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N
Period (s)	13	12	12	-	11	-	8	11	9	10	13	13	-	9	8	20	-	-	7	12	18	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	-	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.8 S	-	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 W	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	-
Period (s)	12	-	11	11	10	8	10	10	10	-	8	12	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-

	Mon		Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22							Thursday 23
	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	3AM	4AM	9AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anaura Bay East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.0 S	2.5 SSE	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.2 ESE	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.7 ESE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	11	11	10	11
Energy(?)	4775	4276	4757	4093	3512	3406	2356	2863	3169	2677	1134	2529	2972	1447	1626	2275	1320	1070	2808	3004	3693	2898
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)			10:22PM 1.84				12:05PM 3.44											9:11PM 1.72	12:13AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)					5:00AM 0.29				6:23PM 0.51				6:57AM 0.68		2:51PM 0.06		7:33PM 0.43					7:24AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	1
Temp. °C	19	19	18	18	18	19	17	15	15	18	13	17	15	19	8	14	11	8	17	18	12	20
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	17	17	18	16	14	13	18	11	16	13	18	5	12	8	5	16	17	10	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 S	1.2 SW	0.9 WNW	2.4 SSE	2.0 S	2.2 SE	0.3 SW	0.1 NE	2.2 ESE	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.7 ESE	2.1 SE	1.8 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.2 SE
Period (s)	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	9	10	11	10	16	11	11	14	14	10	10	11	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	1.5 SW	1.2 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	1.0 E	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	15	15	12	9	18	12	11	11	-	-	15	22	21	14	13	12	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	0.6 SW	2.5 SSE	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.9 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	-	11	11	10	3	11	11	11	8	10	9	8	11	11	10	11

	Monday 20						Tuesday 21
	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	2AM	5AM	4AM	7AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	11AM	12PM	3PM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Anaura Bay East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSE	1.1 NE	3.0 S	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	2.3 WSW	4.0 S	2.5 ESE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	0.7 E	2.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	11	8	12	12	12	9	12	10	10	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2256	2037	2439	2439	2108	5359	3075	2879	2761	3952	164	4093	2239	2787	1889	2806	3920	1858	3571	1395	217	1431
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	glass	off	glass	off	glass	off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)																			10:32AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)													6:01AM 0.45	5:22AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	21	20	20	19	14	14	14	18	13	18	14	16	8	16	11	8	20	21	17	20
Chill °C (?)	20	19	21	20	20	18	14	14	14	18	13	17	14	15	5	16	8	4	20	21	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	3.0 SSE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSE	1.1 NE	2.5 SSE	2.5 WSW	0.6 SE	2.1 ESE	2.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.5 ESE	2.4 SSE	0.1 NE	1.4 S	0.1 NE
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	11	8	11	12	16	10	12	12	10	11	12	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NE	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 NE	0.5 N	0.1 NE	1.1 S	0.1 NE	-	2.1 S	0.4 NW	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	1.0 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	13	13	-	20	20	13	8	13	12	12	-	12	8	-	15	15	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	-	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	-	3.5 S	-	-	-	3.0 SSE	-	3.0 S	-	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	-	4.0 S	2.4 S	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	-	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	12	-	13	13	-	12	-	-	-	11	-	12	-	12	9	-	10	8	11	11	-	11

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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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