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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	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Fri
	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	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Mimiwhangata Northland	Elliot Bay Northland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury
Rating	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	1	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SE	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 S	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	0.6 NNE	0.7 N	1.0 WSW	1.5 W	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	7	12	9	18	16	16	15	14	11	10	13	14	14	10	9	5	18	6
Energy(?)	772	351	578	422	588	756	632	932	1065	987	1148	882	113	573	597	148	277	186	343	22	141	195
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	off	off	on	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:13AM 1.91		11:19PM 2.17	11:55AM 2.12		2:35AM 2.58		1:27PM 2.29	2:05AM 2.27	11:58AM 3.36		12:20AM 3.12	12:44PM 3.32		1:05AM 3.04		1:28PM 3.21	2:20AM 2.91		1:58PM 3.44	2:22AM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)		5:13PM 0.32		5:43AM 0.35	6:09PM 0.26	8:23PM 0.19	8:51AM 0.32		7:48PM -0.06	5:45AM 0.02	6:17PM 0.07		6:31AM 0.05		7:03PM 0.12	8:11AM 0.18		8:14PM 0.17	7:48AM 0.63		8:18PM 0.26	8:30AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	1	-
High °C	20	14	12	18	19	16	20	20	19	22	22	20	18	18	19	20	20	17	17	25	12	15
Low °C	20	13	11	17	19	14	19	20	16	20	21	17	16	16	18	19	20	15	16	24	11	13
Chill °C (?)	20	12	11	18	19	15	20	20	19	22	22	20	18	18	19	20	20	17	16	25	10	15
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:43	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:43	-	-	8:40	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 N	1.0 WSW	1.5 W	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	10	12	9	9	11	16	15	14	11	13	13	8	14	10	9	6	18	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SE	0.1 W	0.3 WSW	0.7 S	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 S	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	-	0.7 N	0.6 NNE	0.1 NE	0.9 WNW	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	24	21	6	12	20	9	18	16	11	11	15	12	-	13	14	10	7	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	0.8 SW	-	1.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	-	0.9 S	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	0.3 SSE	0.8 E	-	0.3 WSW	0.5 NE	1.9 WSW	-
Period (s)	7	4	-	6	7	7	-	8	-	-	3	-	-	10	-	2	8	-	9	5	6	-

	Friday 02					Saturday 03								Sunday 04								Mon
	8AM	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	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SE	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 S	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.6 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	7	7	7	12	7	11	12	17	18	18	18	16
Energy(?)	740	692	234	535	554	578	551	568	614	712	588	722	714	756	666	500	619	537	1138	1295	1017	1065
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		11:00AM 2.03					1:39AM 2.55			10:22AM 3.23				10:44PM 3.11				11:36AM 3.28				11:16PM 2.61
Low Tide / height (m)				5:13PM 0.32				6:30AM 0.23				4:37PM 0.16				5:48AM 0.10				5:14PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	16	16	16	16	11	11	11	12	18	19	19	16	15	14	16	17	15	20	20	19	17
Chill °C (?)	20	16	16	16	16	11	11	11	12	18	19	19	15	14	12	16	17	15	20	20	19	17
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.5 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	12	10	11	12	11	9	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 S	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	8	7	7	7	21	21	20	20	6	12	12	12	20	12	18	18	17	18	8	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	1.3 SSE	-	1.2 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	7	7	7	-	7	-	8	-	-	-

	Friday 02																Saturday 03
	6AM	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	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	13	12	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	581	491	203	623	645	452	421	434	351	331	296	298	297	335	335	256	332	344	435	478	411	408
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	off	glass	glass	cross	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				11:00AM 2.03			1:04PM 2.45								9:51PM 3.03	10:47PM 2.88
Low Tide / height (m)																					3:49AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	15	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	20	15	15	15	15	12	11	11	11	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	15	16	14	15	14
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 W	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	6	7	7	7	7	7	12	8	12	14	14	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.8 W	0.6 WSW	0.8 W	0.3 NNE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	8	12	7	8	8	8	24	24	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	13	7	11	11	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-

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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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