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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: New Zealand Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, New Zealand Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, New Zealand Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, New Zealand Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: New Zealand Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: New Zealand Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, New Zealand Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, New Zealand Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, New Zealand Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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7 day 48 hour

	Sat		Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangahume Taranaki	Scott Point Northland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Mangahume Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Dunedin - St Clair Otago	Beatons Southland	Papatowai Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	7	7	8	9	7	5	4	4	4	7	8	5	4	4	3	4	5	6	6	6	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	2.4 E	1.8 E	2.1 E	0.8 WSW	5.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	14	14	16	15	10	10	11	14	11	13	13	11	12	12	21	19	16	11	19	15
Energy(?)	1536	4319	6588	6272	7711	9393	1160	682	980	253	6238	5634	2719	512	800	429	808	1515	3507	1674	6038	3658
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			3:54AM 1.80		11:42PM 3.12	11:57AM 3.14		1:23AM 2.72		12:39PM 3.11	12:56AM 3.26		1:38PM 2.82	1:58AM 2.95		2:10PM 2.70	2:21AM 3.31			10:14PM 1.67	4:08AM 2.52
Low Tide / height (m)		9:33PM 0.37	10:07AM 0.22	5:40PM 0.24		5:52AM 0.47	5:22PM 0.20	7:13PM 0.29	7:41AM 0.20		6:49PM 0.48	7:33AM 0.29		7:48PM 0.39	8:07AM 0.32		8:16PM 0.80	8:44AM 0.77	3:40PM 0.25		10:31AM 1.01	5:33PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	2	5	4	2	5	1	-	-	1	3	4	-	-	-	-	2	-	12	-	1	1	-
High °C	14	15	12	13	11	15	9	8	7	8	13	14	11	7	8	9	8	7	9	13	14	11
Low °C	13	14	10	12	10	14	9	7	7	7	12	12	10	5	5	8	5	4	9	10	14	10
Chill °C (?)	12	14	10	12	10	13	8	7	4	6	10	13	10	5	8	6	6	5	9	11	13	11
Sunrise	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:33	-	-	8:22	-	-	7:39	-	-	8:12	-	-	8:25	-	-	7:31	-
Sunset	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 WNW	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	2.4 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	0.8 WSW	-	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.3 WSW	1.3 ESE	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	14	14	16	15	10	10	11	14	-	13	13	11	12	12	12	19	16	18	19	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	-	1.1 SW	-	-	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	18	13	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	18	-	-	-	6	6	24	21	-	20	-	-	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 E	1.0 WNW	5.0 W	3.5 W	-	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 W	1.0 W	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	5	11	13	-	6	6	5	5	-	-	11	-	-

	Saturday 12			Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Dinner Plates Catlins	Dinner Plates Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Mangahume Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Scott Point Northland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Arawhata Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Mangahume Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Kai-Iwi Wanganui-Manawatu	Dunedin - St Clair Otago
Rating	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 E	4.0 E	4.0 ENE	3.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.9 WNW	1.8 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	17	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	10	10	10	11
Energy(?)	4359	3972	4780	4441	7065	6401	6471	7221	12230	7338	9357	8899	7927	6725	6224	6186	8328	7317	902	902	754	723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				11:13PM 3.03					12:26PM 2.61			11:52PM 3.07				11:53AM 2.84			6:38PM 1.70		12:54AM 2.81
Low Tide / height (m)						5:10AM 0.50				5:27PM 0.41								5:56PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	1	1	1	3	2	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	9	12	12	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	13	15	14	9	9	9	8
Chill °C (?)	11	10	7	10	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	11	9	10	10	12	13	12	8	7	6	5
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:32	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.5 E	3.5 WNW	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.5 WNW	4.5 WNW	4.0 W	4.5 W	4.5 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.6 W	1.8 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	17	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	-	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 E	4.0 E	4.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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