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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	Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Mon
	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 - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaka Point Catlins	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	2	3	4	6	5	5	4	4	6	7	5	4	4	5	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.5 W	1.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.7 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	2.0 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	7	11	9	10	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	9	10	11
Energy(?)	346	312	676	503	698	539	201	1073	2142	793	4182	3195	1292	593	5387	6014	2499	1930	2483	1987	3092	963
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	glass	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:23AM 2.48			6:42AM 1.79		8:17PM 1.31	8:41AM 1.47		9:01PM 1.30	10:34AM 1.50		9:46PM 1.30		5:09PM 1.86		2:00PM 1.19		12:27AM 1.38	9:51AM 2.22	5:50PM 1.94	7:02PM 1.84	6:06AM 2.43
Low Tide / height (m)		5:33PM 0.44	12:27AM 0.35		2:20PM 0.28	2:24AM 0.27		3:04PM 0.28	3:08AM 0.26	4:22AM 0.25	3:56PM 0.25	3:53AM 0.26	9:39AM 1.05		9:59PM 0.46	8:02AM 0.54					1:24AM 0.44	12:17PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	10	1	2	1	-	1	-	-	6	6	1	4	11	-
High °C	14	17	20	23	15	17	17	16	11	13	13	12	15	12	10	13	13	13	16	17	13	15
Low °C	13	17	18	22	15	16	13	15	9	13	13	9	12	11	8	11	13	11	15	15	11	13
Chill °C (?)	13	16	20	23	13	17	16	15	10	12	11	11	15	10	9	13	11	13	16	17	12	14
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	9:00	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:08	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:14	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.7 WNW	2.2 WSW	1.3 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	2.0 W
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	10	11	9	10	9	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	-	18	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.6 NE	0.6 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	0.5 E	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	-	0.2 W	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	6	7	-	6	5	10	17	-	-	-	11	22	12	20	-	20	19	-	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 ENE	1.1 NNE	-	2.5 W	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	1.9 W	-	-	1.2 W	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	-	2.2 NW	3.5 W	4.0 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	3	6	-	7	-	5	-	-	-	15	-	-	5	13	12	-	-	7	9	10	-

	Monday 22					Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	8AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Scott Point Northland	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anaura Bay East Cape	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Anaura Bay East Cape	Kaka Point Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.3 WNW	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 S	0.7 SSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W
Period(s) (?)	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	8	8	11	19	9	10	10
Energy(?)	681	560	583	548	645	676	649	565	503	352	545	551	1045	1144	920	584	556	277	806	1002	2368	1176
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:23AM 2.48		6:16PM 1.65	7:33PM 1.32				7:57AM 1.48						1:54AM 2.58
Low Tide / height (m)							1:40AM 0.27				2:29PM 0.28		7:53PM 1.04				5:13AM 0.54				10:00PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
Temp. °C	20	21	14	13	19	18	19	20	23	22	20	19	14	13	13	11	14	25	15	14	11	14
Chill °C (?)	20	21	12	11	19	18	19	20	23	22	20	19	14	13	13	10	13	25	13	14	10	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.3 WNW	2.2 W	1.6 W	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 S	0.9 WSW	2.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	8	8	11	8	9	18	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 W	1.5 NW	0.3 NE	0.7 S	0.3 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	6	6	5	7	7	15	5	8	15	23	10	8	9	13	19	10	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.1 NE	0.9 NE	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.3 N	1.5 N	-	0.3 NNE	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 N	1.5 WSW	-	2.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	7	8	4	6	6	5	7	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	8	8	3	8	-	10	-

	Monday 22	Tuesday 23
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Scott Point Northland	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anaura Bay East Cape	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Mallacoota VIC - East Coast	Anaura Bay East Cape	Kaka Point Catlins	Okarito Beach West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period(s) (?)	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy(?)	722	731	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							1:36PM 0.29						7:13PM 1.06	8:41PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	18	19	13	13	16	16	17	17	17	19	17	17	11	14	11	14	14	18	12	15	14	17
Chill °C (?)	18	19	13	13	16	16	17	16	16	19	16	17	10	12	8	13	13	18	10	14	13	16
Sunrise	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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