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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7 day 48 hour

	Wednesday 09			Thursday 10			Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			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	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Charleston West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Mangahume Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	The Box Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	4	4	4	8	6	8	6	5	5	4	4	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	3.0 NNW	1.7 ESE	1.3 E	1.8 WSW	1.3 W	1.8 ENE	1.8 WSW	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	10	12	17	17	12	14	10	11	11	11	16	16	15	14	14	13	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	734	1618	576	522	1821	1015	913	1139	3511	1832	1465	1087	8449	9687	7440	5545	6505	3066	1237	1724	4052	6626
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:59PM 1.97	9:52PM 2.54	4:53AM 1.50	5:23PM 1.61		5:40AM 1.49	5:15PM 1.52			1:09PM 2.01	1:18AM 2.05		12:15PM 2.72	12:32AM 2.85			7:44PM 1.47				8:39AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)	11:37AM 0.67			11:09AM 0.45		11:38PM 0.44	11:54AM 0.39		12:06AM 0.25	6:57AM 0.24		7:15PM 0.38	6:07AM 0.25		6:22PM 0.29	6:48AM 0.21	1:14PM 0.18	2:08AM 0.17	9:01AM 0.19	3:00PM 0.21	9:21PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	14	10	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	12	11	11	12	13	15	12	13	15	15	12	10	12	11	13	14	11	9	10	9	14
Low °C	12	11	11	10	11	12	13	10	11	12	13	10	9	11	11	11	13	10	6	9	9	13
Chill °C (?)	11	10	9	10	11	12	14	10	13	15	15	11	8	9	9	13	13	10	6	8	9	14
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	8:17	-	-	7:35	-	-	8:26	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	5:17	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	3.0 NNW	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 WSW	1.3 W	1.8 ENE	1.8 WSW	3.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	4.0 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	3.5 W	4.0 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 SW	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	10	10	10	17	17	12	14	10	11	11	11	16	16	15	14	14	13	15	14	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.4 WSW	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.5 WNW	1.2 NNW	0.2 SSE	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 SW	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 SW	3.0 W
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	7	8	9	-	15	14	17	16	13	-	-	-	18	-	10	10	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SE	-	-	0.7 NE	0.5 NW	-	1.4 NNE	0.2 ESE	4.0 ENE	1.5 N	1.4 NNE	1.3 N	1.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	3.5 WSW	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	4	7	-	5	9	10	6	6	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	13	-

	Wednesday 09					Thursday 10								Friday 11								Sat

Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Charleston West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Beatons Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Beatons Southland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.2 ENE	3.0 NNW	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.3 E	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 W	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.8 ENE	2.0 E	1.8 WSW	2.4 E	1.6 WSW	4.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	10	11	11	10	10	12	12	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	12	12	14	12	13	10
Energy(?)	734	515	1618	917	1045	576	543	1010	522	1484	1821	1807	869	1015	1133	991	913	1079	1139	1672	880	3511
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-flow	low	low
High Tide / height (m)				4:38PM 1.59				4:05AM 1.33		11:48AM 1.94				10:32PM 2.66					12:29PM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)		11:37AM 0.67				10:52PM 0.50						5:56PM 0.49				4:45AM 0.41		11:08AM 0.25			6:36PM 0.43	11:25PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	10	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	13	14	12	14	10	13
Chill °C (?)	10	11	10	11	9	10	10	11	9	11	11	10	12	10	10	10	12	13	10	12	7	13
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.2 ENE	3.0 NNW	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 NNW	1.3 W	1.4 W	1.4 W	1.8 ENE	0.2 SSE	1.8 WSW	0.3 SSE	1.6 WSW	3.5 E
Period (s)	13	13	10	11	11	10	10	12	10	17	17	16	8	17	17	16	12	9	14	9	13	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	1.2 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.3 S	1.3 E	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	1.2 W	1.2 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.1 N	0.2 SSE	0.1 SW	-	0.1 S	0.8 WSW	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	9	12	7	7	7	17	8	7	7	9	17	-	17	18	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 N	0.7 NE	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 NNE	2.0 E	0.2 ESE	2.4 E	0.5 ESE	4.0 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	5	12	9	12	8	10

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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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