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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	Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wed
	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	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Kaka Point Catlins	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Back Beach Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	1.9 NNW	1.9 SE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	0.8 WSW	1.3 SSE	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	12	9	12	14	9	14	12	12	10	10	19	18	16	16	15	14	14	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1836	1071	1082	602	727	438	540	212	464	400	561	929	970	899	1132	1024	834	894	609	752	847	290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:43PM 1.81	2:19AM 1.98		1:37PM 1.80		10:07AM 3.04		8:24PM 1.13	8:41AM 1.87	3:44PM 2.47	3:45AM 2.19	7:44AM 1.87		10:00PM 1.18	10:26AM 1.99		10:46PM 1.19	11:07AM 1.91		2:52AM 2.05	11:46AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)			7:55PM 0.13	7:43AM 0.19		1:18AM 0.14		3:05PM 0.24	2:07AM 0.09			9:23PM -0.02		4:27PM 0.15	3:40AM 0.09		5:26PM 0.13	4:25AM 0.15		5:51PM 0.02	8:39PM 0.28	5:08AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	20	20	14	24	15	19	18	11	20	18	17	21	23	18	22	23	18	22	17	15	23
Low °C	13	19	17	13	24	14	19	18	11	18	17	17	19	21	17	19	21	18	21	17	12	20
Chill °C (?)	14	20	20	13	24	15	19	18	9	20	18	17	21	23	18	22	23	18	22	16	15	23
Sunrise	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	9:07	-	-	7:51	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	1.9 NNW	1.9 SE	1.5 E	1.6 ESE	1.0 W	1.0 ESE	0.8 W	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	10	11	12	9	12	7	11	6	12	12	10	10	9	9	11	16	15	14	14	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	0.7 W	0.2 NNE	1.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.2 S
Period (s)	8	15	11	8	13	14	7	14	6	6	12	13	12	12	16	11	11	15	14	-	-	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.6 S	-	1.0 S	-	0.7 SSE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SE	0.4 E	0.3 ESE	1.6 WSW	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	6	6	-	8	-	7	3	3	3	3	11	-	3

	Wednesday 31						Thursday 01								Friday 02
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	4AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Loisell's East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	2.4 E	2.5 ESE	2.4 E	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	2.4 NNW	2.1 SE	1.8 ESE	1.9 SE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.7 NNE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.1 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.5 WSW	1.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	9	10	10	12	9	12	13	12	9	9	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	12	10
Energy(?)	1174	1519	1202	1124	1120	1022	1017	1220	1113	1048	500	634	590	700	686	536	522	369	345	432	629	661
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)			1:43PM 1.81						7:23AM 1.79		1:50PM 2.38							8:13AM 1.91				8:24PM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)	8:20AM 0.15						2:52AM 0.37								1:18AM 0.14					2:42PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	15	15	16	13	12	21	16	21	21	21	15	14	19	21	21	21	22	22	21	20	15	20
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	13	12	21	16	21	21	21	14	13	19	21	21	21	22	22	21	20	15	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	2.4 E	2.5 ESE	2.4 E	2.2 E	1.9 ESE	2.4 NNW	2.1 SE	1.8 ESE	1.9 SE	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 NE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SE	1.1 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.5 WSW	1.3 SE
Period (s)	9	10	9	10	10	12	9	12	13	12	9	9	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.6 SSE	0.1 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.5 W	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.2 NNE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	10	9	16	8	8	11	13	11	12	11	8	8	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSE	-	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	8	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9

	Wednesday 31																		Thursday 01
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	11AM	2PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	4AM	3AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Karitane Point Otago	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Kaka Point Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Loisell's East Cape	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.9 ESE	1.8 N	2.2 SE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 E	2.4 E	1.9 NE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 NNE	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	9	7	12	11	12	12	12	9	9	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	1488	1836	1836	747	550	1082	966	1420	1141	1260	1298	1098	547	1007	1022	1022	1293	1022	948	1261	1123	972
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														6:25PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)									1:04PM 0.47			6:35PM 0.18								12:13AM 0.25	3:44AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	12	12	22	22	25	23	22	13	12	21	22	22	22	23	21	21	20	15	19
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	10	10	22	22	25	23	22	11	10	21	22	22	22	23	21	21	20	14	19
Sunrise	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:32	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	0.5 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 N	2.2 SE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SSE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.1 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 NNE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	12	11	12	12	12	9	13	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.2 NNE	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.2 NNE	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.9 WSW	0.1 NE
Period (s)	10	8	8	8	8	12	16	8	13	8	8	16	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	-	-	-	2.1 E	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 E	2.4 E	1.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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