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 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			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	Baylys Beach Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Kaka Point Catlins	Nicks Point Southland	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Kaka Point Catlins	Beatons Southland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.0 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 SSE	3.5 ESE	2.4 E	2.5 E	1.5 SE	1.8 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 W	1.1 NE	1.1 S	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.1 SW	0.5 S	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	8	9	9	10	10	8	12	9	11	8	6	8	8	13	19	12	9	9	17	16
Energy(?)	749	382	1560	2279	2179	1927	1813	301	941	545	622	185	143	594	368	1418	377	1224	892	415	1178	974
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:23PM 1.90		7:12AM 2.48	4:14PM 2.51	3:02AM 1.92	6:30AM 1.63	6:25PM 1.11	3:53AM 1.93				4:35AM 1.58	5:01PM 1.49		4:57AM 1.76	5:22PM 1.57		5:06AM 2.16	5:27PM 1.83	11:39PM 3.31	5:59AM 1.95
Low Tide / height (m)	11:26AM 0.71		11:46PM 0.43			8:54PM 0.40	1:04PM 0.47		9:42PM 0.38	10:14AM 0.16	2:45PM 0.44	10:15PM 0.06	10:54AM 0.08		10:35PM 0.01	11:19AM 0.05		11:32PM -0.01	11:26AM 0.08			12:16PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	8	31	16	12	1	3	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	19	17	18	17	18	13	16	13	22	13	14	18	13	18	17	18	11	10	21	20	19	22
Low °C	18	16	17	16	18	12	14	13	22	12	14	16	12	17	14	18	11	6	19	20	18	20
Chill °C (?)	18	15	17	16	18	11	16	11	22	13	12	18	12	18	17	18	9	8	21	20	19	22
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:34	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:30	-	-	9:43	-	-	8:52	-	-	9:35	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.2 S	2.0 ESE	2.3 S	3.5 ESE	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.5 E	0.8 WSW	1.1 NE	0.7 ENE	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.1 SW	1.3 S	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	12	9	14	8	8	8	8	13	7	12	9	9	11	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.1 NE	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	1.7 SSE	1.5 SE	0.1 NE	1.0 SE	-	0.3 N	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	16	13	9	12	12	14	9	8	11	8	-	7	8	14	14	12	19	16	12	8	17	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SE	2.0 ESE	3.0 E	3.0 SSE	1.4 NE	2.5 S	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	0.3 W	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	0.8 E	1.1 E	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	5	7	8	9	9	8	-	-	-	-	11	2	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	11	3

	Monday 29					Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	2AM	5AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ruakaka Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.8 NNE	2.2 SE	0.7 WSW	3.5 NNE	3.0 E	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.9 N	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	7	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	547	1274	1173	114	2479	1560	1337	1328	1320	3063	1688	1369	1007	1068	1252	1357	1357	1162	1066	1381	1385	1053
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				6:33PM 2.52											2:04AM 1.94				1:43PM 1.81		7:53PM 2.90
Low Tide / height (m)					9:33PM 0.64				8:16AM 0.51				8:23PM 0.12				8:20AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	19	21	23	22	19	18	16	15	18	18	20	18	16	15	11	12	14	14	16	14	16	14
Chill °C (?)	19	21	23	22	19	18	15	14	18	18	20	18	16	14	9	10	13	14	16	14	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.0 E	1.6 SSE	0.7 WSW	3.5 NNE	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 E	2.5 NE	2.0 S	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	2.3 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.9 N	2.1 E
Period (s)	11	8	7	10	10	8	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	1.8 NNE	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 ESE	0.4 S	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSE	1.0 S	0.5 SW	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.8 SSE	0.6 S	1.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.2 SSW	-	1.3 SE
Period (s)	16	11	11	5	8	9	12	12	8	8	12	9	9	8	8	10	9	9	9	15	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	-	2.2 SE	-	-	3.0 E	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 SSE	-	-	1.1 S	0.5 SW	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	-	1.9 NNE	-
Period (s)	6	-	7	-	-	8	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	10	3	9	7	9	4	-	10	-

	Monday 29																Tuesday 30
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	12PM	1PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Ruakaka Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Otago Peninsula - Boulder Beach Otago	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago
Rating	3	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	3.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 SSE	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	0.3 SE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.1 N	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	12	10	8	6	9	9	7	7	8	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	7	13	7
Energy(?)	481	686	749	219	1724	103	613	671	382	676	825	179	251	335	26	70	83	83	120	107	3	156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	off	on	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)											5:34PM 2.70
Low Tide / height (m)													7:30PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	6	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	18	18	19	15	21	22	16	15	16	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	11	15	11
Chill °C (?)	16	18	17	18	18	13	21	22	14	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	13	10
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.6 NE	1.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SE	0.5 SSE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.4 ENE	0.7 S	0.1 N	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	11	8	12	10	13	9	11	11	10	10	11	9	9	9	8	8	5	5	8	7	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.5 SW	0.7 NW	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.1 SW	0.6 SSE	-	0.5 SE
Period (s)	16	13	16	7	13	12	13	13	13	13	15	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	12	8	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.8 ESE	1.5 SE	-	3.5 E	1.2 ESE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 SSE	1.5 E	1.7 E	1.9 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	1.4 ESE	-
Period (s)	6	8	5	-	8	6	9	9	7	7	8	6	6	6	3	5	4	4	8	-	6	-

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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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