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 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			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	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago	Bluecliffs Southland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Porridge Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Long Point Catlins	Porridge Southland	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	5	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	4	3	5	5	4	6	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.5 WSW	2.5 E	1.7 E	0.5 SW	1.0 ESE	3.0 WNW	2.3 W	2.5 WSW	0.9 SSE	2.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	3.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 W	1.2 SSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	7	9	9	11	12	12	13	13	12	11	7	9	12	9	11	14	13	12	8	14
Energy(?)	2019	3000	1020	1106	1379	956	1961	826	93	389	2340	1316	1509	211	1186	127	3138	654	1459	3806	357	5521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:09PM 1.40	1:46AM 1.49					1:05PM 1.77					6:32AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			7:24PM 0.45	8:03AM 0.52						7:37AM 0.57			12:52PM 0.14				4:26PM 0.19			4:31PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	31	-	-	-	15	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	12	5	2	-	20
High °C	21	21	19	20	18	15	19	16	11	20	11	10	13	23	21	16	12	12	12	13	19	11
Low °C	19	20	18	19	17	14	19	13	9	18	10	9	11	22	20	14	11	10	10	11	17	10
Chill °C (?)	21	21	19	20	17	15	19	15	11	20	10	8	11	23	21	16	9	10	11	11	19	9
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:18	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	5:49	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:12	-	-	5:28	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NNE	3.0 NNE	1.9 ENE	1.8 E	0.1 S	1.5 WSW	2.5 E	1.7 E	0.5 SW	1.0 ESE	3.0 WNW	2.3 W	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	2.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	-	0.6 SSE	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	8	8	9	11	12	12	13	13	12	11	12	9	12	9	16	14	13	-	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	1.0 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 E	-	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 S	-
Period (s)	-	13	12	9	12	9	5	4	21	8	14	13	13	11	13	11	-	9	16	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	0.8 SW	-	-	0.5 NW	-	-	2.5 WSW	0.4 NE	-	0.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	1.5 W	3.5 W	1.2 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	9	9	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	7	4	-	3	11	-	7	12	8	-

	Saturday 11					Sunday 12								Monday 13								Tue
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	7PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Campbells Bay Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	2.3 ENE	1.6 E	4.0 ENE	2.3 E	1.9 ESE	1.9 WSW	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 W	1.9 E	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	9	9	9	9	14	12	11	11	16	11	12	15	11	12
Energy(?)	2019	2261	3000	3749	3989	4314	1075	1343	1106	1529	1123	1438	1155	4402	1270	1058	3307	1805	1552	2430	1010	1130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	flow	flow	high	flow	flow	flow	high	flow	flow	mid-flow	flow	ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:09PM 1.40										5:16PM 1.02				8:03AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	7:10AM 0.52				7:24PM 0.45				6:23AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	21	20	20	21	13	18	20	16	17	17	19	18	18	18	14	20	20	14	18	12
Chill °C (?)	19	21	21	20	20	21	12	18	20	16	17	17	19	18	18	18	14	20	20	14	18	12
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	6:06	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	1.5 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.5 ENE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	4.0 ENE	2.3 E	1.9 ESE	2.2 W	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 W	1.9 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	8	9	9	9	14	12	11	11	12	11	12	15	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 SSE	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.9 WSW	0.3 SW	0.8 NNE	0.4 NW	0.6 E	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	-	13	13	-	-	-	8	9	9	-	14	14	7	-	-	13	16	6	6	14	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	2.3 ENE	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.5 NNW	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	9	9	9	-	-	4	3	-	3	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 11																	Sunday 12
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	5PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Campbells Bay Otago	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	South Shore Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	All Day Bay Otago
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	1.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.6 E	1.6 WNW	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.0 W	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	7	6	6	14	10	7	12	10	11	7	12	8	8
Energy(?)	1778	1929	2019	2019	2228	2261	142	353	211	246	352	342	555	718	948	718	782	978	1048	318	999	1135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)													4:16PM 0.88						12:07AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		7:10AM 0.52										5:47PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	20	20	21	16	20	22	15	21	19	24	16	18	17	13	17	18	12	19	13
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	20	20	21	15	20	22	14	21	19	24	15	18	17	12	16	18	11	19	12
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	5:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 E	0.4 NE	1.7 E	0.2 S	1.6 WNW	0.1 SW	1.9 ENE	1.0 W	1.8 ENE	1.6 E
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	14	14	9	13	13	12	10	10	14	12	7	5	10	12	8	12	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 NE	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	-	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	13	12	6	6	8	13	13	6	12	10	13	12	-	12	12	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	-	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.6 E	0.9 NNE	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	0.1 NE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	7	6	6	-	10	7	12	4	11	7	10	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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