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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	Sun	Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28
	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	Scott Point Northland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Airport Rights Wellington	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Porridge Southland	Kingston Norfolk Island	Kingston Norfolk Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Long Point Catlins	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Long Point Catlins
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	6	4	5	3	4	5	4	3	4	4	1	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.3 WNW	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 SW	2.4 W	2.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.9 W	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	10	10	11	9	11	10	19	17	20	15	18	16	14	13	13	12	12	13	11	12
Energy(?)	1025	360	307	748	367	866	607	319	1340	669	1287	2970	613	656	5623	3337	925	1626	1501	32	925	477
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross	on	cross	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:54PM 2.31	11:29AM 2.36		10:17PM 1.10	11:18AM 1.76			7:23AM 1.76		9:01PM 1.30	9:24AM 1.46		7:36PM 2.18	11:16AM 1.50		3:03AM 2.55	5:39AM 1.79	4:41PM 2.96		4:52AM 2.58		1:19AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		5:22AM 0.54	5:43PM 0.61	4:17AM 0.14		6:13PM 0.44	1:11AM 0.36		3:04PM 0.28	3:08AM 0.26		3:47PM 0.26	2:00AM 0.89	5:05AM 0.25	4:51PM 0.63	9:01PM 0.49	11:49AM 0.51		11:03PM 0.99	11:03AM 0.62	6:03PM 0.19	7:13PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	2	20	-	1	-	-	-	6	-	3	15	-	-	-
High °C	18	14	18	13	19	17	17	22	13	10	20	14	23	23	13	12	13	14	15	16	16	11
Low °C	17	13	17	12	18	16	16	20	13	8	19	13	23	23	13	10	12	14	13	16	15	10
Chill °C (?)	18	13	18	12	18	17	17	22	10	9	20	13	23	23	10	10	12	13	14	16	16	10
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:37	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:14	-	-	9:02	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.3 WNW	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	-	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.6 SW	2.4 W	2.2 WSW	0.2 SSW	1.9 W	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	10	10	10	11	9	11	10	19	17	11	-	11	10	14	13	13	12	12	5	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.9 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 E	0.5 SE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.1 N	0.2 ESE	0.1 N	0.6 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	13	8	9	11	10	-	6	12	9	9	20	-	18	16	13	12	10	11	6	13	18	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NE	1.6 ENE	1.9 NW	-	-	0.4 NNE	2.4 W	-	1.1 W	2.5 W	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	3	6	6	-	-	6	6	-	10	15	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7

	Sun	Monday 22								Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24
	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Scott Point Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Scott Point Northland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Anaura Bay East Cape	Airport Rights Wellington	Marokopa Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 NNE	2.1 NNE	1.5 SW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.2 SSE	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	8	8	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	9	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	1025	1130	964	1053	777	560	583	548	645	585	583	565	501	338	908	1171	1763	908	856	775	319	274
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		11:13PM 2.24				11:23AM 2.48		6:16PM 1.65	7:33PM 1.32										2:06AM 3.08		8:41AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)				3:35AM 0.15							1:40AM 0.27				2:42PM 0.72	6:50PM 0.44	9:14PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	23	26	21	15	14	19	18	19	20	16	23	19	18	14	13	13	13	20	23
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	23	26	21	14	12	19	18	19	20	16	23	18	18	14	13	12	13	20	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.5 SW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 S	1.3 SSE	2.5 W	0.7 SW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 WNW	1.2 SSE	1.1 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	8	8	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	6	9	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 N	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.4 NE	1.4 SSE	1.4 NW	0.6 WSW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.1 WSW	0.2 E	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	13	13	12	10	9	12	8	8	6	6	7	7	7	9	11	8	11	10	10	10	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 NNE	2.1 NNE	0.4 WNW	0.1 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NNE	-	1.1 N	1.6 N	0.5 WSW	0.6 N	1.4 NW	-	2.5 W	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	8	7	8	4	6	-	6	7	4	4	7	-	11	-	-	-	6	3

	Sunday 21					Monday 22
	8PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Scott Point Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Scott Point Northland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Anaura Bay East Cape	Airport Rights Wellington	Marokopa Taranaki	Bluecliffs Southland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.2 SE	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	7	7	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	11	8	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1180	1167	1167	999	1020	1025	278	239	179	179	159	158	298	214	191	401	40	116	78	169	307	189
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)					9:42PM 1.07									8:30AM 1.48					1:02PM 3.18
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	26	26	17	10	10	11	11	11	11	7	16	15	18	16	15	15	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	26	26	17	10	10	11	11	11	11	6	16	14	18	16	15	15	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.9 SW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.2 SE	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.0 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	7	7	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	11	7	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 N	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.3 SE	0.7 SSE	0.2 W	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	13	13	13	10	10	13	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	10	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	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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