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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	Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Sat
	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	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Porridge Southland	Porridge Southland	Punakaiki West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	4	4	2	5	9	5	7	6	9	8	7	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.2 S	3.0 W	0.9 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 W	1.6 SW	4.5 W	5.0 WSW	3.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	8	11	13	12	7	9	11	11	12	9	10	10	10	17	15	12	13	13	12	13	13
Energy(?)	1491	951	1377	1703	1349	251	235	484	660	628	903	945	298	1939	779	9070	3256	6913	814	5722	7678	3406
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:25PM 1.44	10:57PM 3.24	6:17AM 1.89		1:22AM 1.96	7:14AM 1.49		12:10AM 3.28	12:26PM 3.46		12:49AM 3.25	8:54AM 1.52		1:11AM 2.18	12:40PM 1.62		8:23PM 1.59	10:37AM 1.40		10:33PM 1.32	10:55AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)	12:34PM 0.36			12:34PM 0.42	5:25PM 0.79	7:10PM 0.59		6:03PM 0.80		6:20AM 0.71	6:43PM 0.81				7:06PM 0.63	5:47AM 0.18	2:33PM 0.36	2:43AM 0.36	4:24AM 0.24	4:30PM 0.24		4:40AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	20	7	2	-	6	2	2	10
High °C	20	13	17	18	18	9	20	18	20	23	17	15	23	14	11	11	14	11	11	12	11	13
Low °C	19	13	16	17	18	8	18	18	18	23	16	14	20	14	8	10	13	8	8	12	9	13
Chill °C (?)	20	10	16	18	18	8	20	18	20	23	16	15	23	12	9	10	12	9	10	12	9	11
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	9:27	-	-	8:39	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.2 N	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	2.3 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.2 S	0.1 SE	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	-	4.0 W	1.6 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	10	11	13	12	7	9	11	11	12	9	10	10	8	12	15	-	13	13	-	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 N	1.1 SW	0.2 NNW	0.6 N	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	0.2 ENE	-	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	17	14	13	13	9	9	10	6	9	16	13	8	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NNE	-	0.7 N	-	-	0.8 WNW	3.0 W	-	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	0.4 NW	4.5 W	5.0 WSW	3.0 W
Period (s)	11	8	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	4	-	-	4	10	-	15	12	13	2	12	13	13

	Saturday 20					Sunday 21								Monday 22								Tue
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	1.5 S	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 NNE	1.6 SE	1.5 SSE	1.0 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	8	11	8	11	8	8	13	13	12	12	12	9	12	12	8	10	10	10	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1495	505	1431	867	1358	1018	577	1144	1703	1462	1276	1180	548	1130	964	1187	538	568	315	565	677	660
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:51PM 1.73		12:44AM 1.96				11:13AM 3.44			7:12PM 1.42	11:13PM 2.24							7:33PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		12:29PM 0.66						5:06AM 0.70				5:25PM 0.79				3:35AM 0.15		12:19PM 0.41	2:08PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	20	12	17	10	10	16	17	18	18	18	12	18	18	24	9	15	21	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	12	13	20	12	16	8	8	16	17	18	18	18	12	18	18	24	8	14	21	18	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	1.6 S	2.2 SW	0.1 N	1.2 S	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 NE	1.6 SE	1.5 SSE	1.0 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	9	8	11	8	11	10	8	9	13	12	12	12	9	12	12	8	10	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 ENE	0.8 SW	0.1 N	0.4 SE	1.3 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 SE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	14	16	8	15	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	12	10	7	8	9	5	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	-	-	2.0 SSW	-	3.0 WSW	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NNE	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.9 NNE	-
Period (s)	9	-	-	8	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	3	4	5	-

	Saturday 20																Sunday 21
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Banks Peninsula - Stony Bay Canterbury	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	1.6 S	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	1.3 S	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 S	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 NNE	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	8	9	11	8	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	7	7	8	9	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1206	699	1491	355	1452	1391	245	1431	1431	1367	1394	1336	383	1551	1442	532	432	432	280	572	577	530
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:23PM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)										4:49PM 0.80							11:22PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-
High °C	12	10	19	11	20	13	11	20	20	20	20	19	11	19	18	24	9	10	11	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	18	9	20	10	10	20	20	20	20	19	9	19	18	24	5	8	9	8	8	8
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.3 ENE	0.3 SW	0.2 N	1.3 S	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 S	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 NE	0.3 SE	0.6 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	9	9	14	8	16	10	8	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	7	9	9	9	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.1 SE	-	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	8	9	-	13	14	17	8	16	16	16	15	15	8	15	15	10	9	13	8	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	-	2.5 SW	1.6 S	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NNE	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	0.5 W	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	8	-	11	8	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	8	3	8	8	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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