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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	Tue	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatea Bay East Cape	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Fox River West Coast South Island	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Bluecliffs Southland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Tathra NSW - Far South	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kingston Norfolk Island	Nicks Point Southland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	4	9	5	4	7	5	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.1 ENE	3.0 WNW	1.7 ENE	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	1.9 SSW	4.0 SW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 SW	1.5 S	1.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	18	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	8	16	14	9	12	11	8	11	12	13	12	12	11	12
Energy(?)	1208	2167	3257	1309	1721	1021	1909	719	187	4810	1921	375	1951	3746	704	3531	1934	4095	2015	4545	546	392
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:19AM 1.97		12:57PM 2.70	12:16AM 3.27			10:16PM 1.65	10:43AM 1.59		11:46PM 1.57			11:02PM 1.83	11:17AM 1.59		11:56PM 1.34			11:13PM 1.51			10:41PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		6:52AM 0.25		6:14PM 0.61	7:26AM 0.38	4:08PM 0.28		4:32AM 0.24	4:50PM 0.34		5:52AM 0.25	5:00PM 0.30		5:11AM 0.47	5:36PM 0.48		6:13AM 0.34			6:58AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	6	-	-	17	-	3	6	1	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	4	1	-	-
High °C	10	13	15	12	15	16	11	13	7	6	8	16	12	18	6	6	12	17	7	14	12	12
Low °C	8	13	14	12	12	14	10	11	7	5	7	13	10	15	5	4	10	17	5	14	10	11
Chill °C (?)	9	11	14	10	15	15	10	12	3	2	5	15	10	18	1	1	11	16	2	13	11	10
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:15	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:32	-	-	6:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	-	3.5 NE	0.2 S	2.5 E	2.1 ENE	3.0 WNW	1.7 ENE	1.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 E	0.5 E	2.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 NE	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	0.1 S	4.0 SW	1.5 S	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	18	-	11	16	11	11	11	11	8	16	14	10	11	11	16	10	12	13	10	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	-	-	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	-	1.0 N	0.4 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.6 W	-	-	0.1 E	0.7 NE	-	-	0.3 ENE	-	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	13	-	-	10	10	9	-	5	12	11	12	-	-	12	10	-	-	10	-	24	22	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 NE	-	2.5 E	-	0.5 NW	-	0.9 NW	0.6 W	1.2 WNW	-	1.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	1.9 SSW	4.0 SW	-	-	2.5 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	-	10	-	10	-	3	-	5	3	5	-	9	12	11	8	11	-	-	12	-	3	3

	Tue	Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Anaura Bay East Cape	Fox River West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.5 NE	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	3.5 NE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 NE	1.7 ENE	3.5 WNW	2.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	17	18	17	18	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	8
Energy(?)	3043	1208	1128	1029	1064	3097	3946	4291	3563	2171	1724	3009	1045	1339	1231	1728	1491	1013	1007	660	2529	1026
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			12:38AM 2.83			9:18AM 1.65				10:24PM 1.64				9:09AM 1.65				9:10PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)	7:12PM 0.35				6:52AM 0.25			3:26PM 0.23				3:12AM 0.19				3:40PM 0.24			1:57AM 0.40	4:05AM 0.22	8:10AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	-
Temp. °C	8	9	9	11	9	13	13	13	13	12	11	12	12	15	17	13	14	13	11	14	9	10
Chill °C (?)	7	8	8	10	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	15	17	13	13	11	10	12	9	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.5 NE	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	3.5 NE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.0 NE	1.7 ENE	-	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	17	18	17	14	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	-	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 N	-	-	-	2.2 E	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	11	13	13	18	11	-	-	-	10	-	-	10	16	10	10	10	10	9	13	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.4 W	0.8 NNW	3.5 WNW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	9	10	8

	Tuesday 26					Wednesday 27
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Anaura Bay East Cape	Fox River West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.1 NE	2.3 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	0.9 NE	1.0 NE	3.0 NE	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	18	18	20	18	8	8	9	9	9	9	6	8	12	12	9	9	5	6	10	16	14
Energy(?)	2968	1093	1079	909	1208	623	725	858	931	1202	1228	230	317	66	66	991	1100	122	172	1506	926	603
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)															8:27AM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)										3:54AM 0.15									12:45PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	9	10	10	11	9	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	9	8	9	10	8	10	10	10	10	8	7	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	0.5 S	0.8 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	1.0 NE	0.3 S	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	17	13	13	13	18	-	-	-	-	9	9	13	6	6	6	14	14	11	6	13	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 N	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	18	18	20	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	14	12	12	19	19	17	9	18	12	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 NE	2.3 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	-	-	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 ENE	1.6 NE	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	0.9 NE	-	3.0 NE	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	9	-	-	6	8	6	8	9	9	5	-	10	-	5

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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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