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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	Tue	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17
	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	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Dinner Plates Catlins	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Three Points East Cape	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Three Points East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSE	1.9 NE	0.9 ENE	3.0 W	1.7 W	1.3 SSW	3.0 WSW	2.2 ENE	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	4.5 S	4.0 S	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	10	7	6	11	11	15	15	10	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	11
Energy(?)	548	572	141	301	368	54	580	122	2059	949	953	3647	1204	1513	1799	2224	1114	5350	5897	1101	1221	877
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:14AM 1.32	4:46AM 1.84	5:22PM 1.81		6:15AM 1.85	6:41PM 1.83		7:43AM 2.82		8:14PM 2.54	12:09PM 1.89		8:48PM 2.09	9:17AM 2.29		2:41AM 1.85		3:26PM 1.63		8:59AM 1.66	4:03PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		11:07AM 1.00		11:40PM 0.94	12:34PM 0.99		1:03AM 0.90		1:54PM 0.86	2:32AM 0.95	6:01AM 0.66	3:01PM 0.84	3:03AM 0.55		3:33PM 0.53	8:19PM 0.30	8:45AM 0.34		10:17PM 0.25			10:14PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	84	-	6	4	-	-	1	-	-	1
High °C	19	22	19	20	25	19	17	24	16	14	12	16	19	17	15	16	18	20	18	14	16	13
Low °C	18	20	18	18	21	18	16	23	16	10	10	15	17	17	14	15	16	20	15	14	15	12
Chill °C (?)	19	22	19	20	25	18	17	24	14	13	10	15	18	16	14	15	18	20	18	13	15	12
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:55	-	-	8:34	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SSE	1.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.1 SE	1.7 W	1.3 SSW	0.2 NNE	2.2 ENE	1.8 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.3 N	3.5 S	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	6	11	11	10	7	6	9	11	15	6	10	10	13	13	12	9	11	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.3 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	-	0.7 W	0.8 SW	0.2 N	1.2 NNE	1.6 WSW	0.2 N	1.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	18	11	4	16	11	9	9	-	16	11	13	10	14	12	8	8	11	10	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.6 NE	1.9 NE	0.8 NNE	3.0 W	0.3 W	0.4 NW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	1.8 SSE	-	4.5 S	4.0 S	-	0.9 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	6	7	6	11	11	3	15	8	-	-	8	-	12	11	-	6	-

	Tue	Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSE	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 NE	2.3 NE	2.4 SSE	2.3 NE	1.4 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	6	13	11	11	11	11	7	8	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	542	548	547	549	572	537	529	400	286	404	622	207	368	295	289	768	721	580	1105	810	1145	279
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				4:46AM 1.84				5:42PM 2.62				6:38AM 2.25							1:52AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	7:01PM 0.28	10:20PM 0.89				11:07AM 1.00				12:10AM 1.16				12:41PM 0.95		6:07PM 0.54					7:14AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	18	20	22	22	21	20	18	14	18	21	25	25	18	16	16	18	20	18	21
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	18	20	22	22	21	20	18	14	18	21	25	25	17	15	15	18	20	17	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 NE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSE	1.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 ENE	2.0 NE	0.4 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	6	13	11	11	11	11	12	13	7	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.8 WSW	0.5 E	0.8 S	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.1 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	4	4	11	5	6	16	6	6	9	9	9	9	12	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	-	1.4 SSE	-	0.3 NE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	2.1 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 NE	2.3 NE	2.4 SSE	2.3 NE	0.7 S
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	6	-	2	3	3	3	7	8	7	8	8	8	3

	Tuesday 10				Wednesday 11
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	1PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Long Point Catlins	Long Point Catlins	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Lighthouse (Spot C) Otago	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.2 E	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	6	11	8	10	9
Energy(?)	513	549	549	549	548	548	547	509	494	231	470	177	420	420	413	333	335	15	198	94	7	61
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	11:08AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	7:01PM 0.28			10:20PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	11	16	18	18	20	14	15	13	16	27	14	15
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	11	16	18	18	20	14	15	12	16	27	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 S	0.8 NE	0.2 S	0.7 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	9	7	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.6 SW	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.4 NE	0.5 SSW	0.1 S	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	20	20	11	9	6	-	-	-	9	8	6	11	13	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.8 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	6	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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