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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	Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Beatons Southland	Tathra NSW - Far South	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Spooky's West Coast South Island	Bondi Beach NSW - Sydney South Coast	Marokopa Taranaki	Dinner Plates Catlins	All Day Bay Otago	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	5	7	7	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.8 ENE	2.3 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.3 ESE	2.2 NW	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	9	10	14	11	13	14	12	11	10	10	13	12
Energy(?)	1192	1142	937	1144	1043	1006	599	1247	2080	913	1372	1262	1254	934	2099	6790	1458	1286	1801	1376	2570	1830
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:07PM 2.03		12:10PM 2.50			6:23AM 1.88	1:17PM 2.61	1:45AM 2.57		1:46PM 2.23	2:38AM 2.59		3:06PM 2.23			4:21PM 2.07	7:34PM 1.81	6:21AM 2.38	6:36PM 2.42		6:32AM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)			11:24PM 0.12	6:07AM 0.26	6:31PM 0.27	12:18AM 0.21	12:41PM 0.21		7:36PM 0.12	7:44AM 0.54		8:28PM 0.34	9:00AM 0.46		12:29AM 0.59	10:10AM 0.62		1:49AM 0.63	12:45PM 0.67		12:25AM 0.80	12:56PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	light rain	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	5	-	6	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	20	19	19	15	22	17	20	25	23	15	21	15	15	26	18	21	21	19	21
Low °C	13	16	17	18	19	17	15	19	17	16	23	21	12	20	14	15	25	17	19	20	17	20
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	20	19	19	15	22	16	20	25	23	14	21	14	14	26	18	21	21	19	21
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:56	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	7:53	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:32	-	-	5:52	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.8 ENE	2.3 NNW	3.5 NNW	2.3 ESE	2.2 NW	1.2 SSW	0.2 S	2.5 W	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	14	9	10	14	11	13	14	12	11	16	16	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 SW	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.7 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 WSW	0.5 NE	0.9 WSW	1.6 NW	0.4 S	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	0.6 NNE
Period (s)	12	12	14	6	12	21	11	18	16	12	13	17	16	18	15	17	8	13	-	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	2.2 S	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NE	2.4 E	2.5 E	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	4	-	3	4	3	7	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	10	-	-

	Saturday 21					Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	16	16	14	15
Energy(?)	1661	1159	1142	1075	1044	1146	1236	1053	1069	1143	1143	1017	1059	1006	1589	1091	1114	1027	1068	1073	1002	2080
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	8:30AM 1.61									12:10PM 2.50				12:59AM 2.70	3:37AM 2.15				2:31PM 2.88
Low Tide / height (m)		10:56AM 0.11		5:48PM 0.18		11:24PM 0.12		6:30AM 0.00				6:52PM -0.01					7:14AM 0.11				7:51PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	18	19	19	13	14	17	17	20	21	19	19	18	11	17	19	15	16	17	18	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	19	19	12	14	17	17	20	21	19	19	18	11	17	19	15	16	17	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	9	12	12	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	16	16	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.7 S	0.7 S	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	1.0 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	12	12	7	7	11	11	-	-	6	5	12	13	21	16	19	20	10	12	12	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Saturday 21																Sunday 22
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Anaura Bay East Cape	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1795	1212	1192	1013	922	1159	1159	949	952	1013	1013	750	917	892	850	765	1071	846	676	603	647	1039
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)					11:30AM 2.56														1:24AM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)											5:48PM 0.18	6:10PM -0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	13	18	19	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	14	18	18	13	15	14	15	17
Chill °C (?)	11	11	12	18	19	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	13	18	18	12	15	14	15	17
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	9	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 N	0.7 S	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 W	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	0.1 NW	0.5 S
Period (s)	10	12	12	14	6	12	12	7	8	6	6	6	7	7	-	7	14	7	14	14	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 S	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	9	3	3	6	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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