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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	Wed		Thursday 22			Friday 23			Saturday 24			Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wed
	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	Fairway Reef Northland	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Anaura Bay East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Smithfield Canterbury	Airport Rights Wellington	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Tora Point Wairarapa	Eddies South Shore Canterbury	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	7	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NNE	2.3 ENE	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.3 NNW	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.5 S	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	7	8	10	10	11	11	11	11	13	13	11	12	13	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	7
Energy(?)	830	693	3149	1205	2103	1563	2241	657	6000	6010	3297	1513	3143	6169	1979	4455	1770	1674	1297	791	471	435
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)			11:08AM 1.60		10:58PM 1.87	10:50AM 1.81		9:58PM 1.33	10:52AM 1.55		10:39PM 1.25	10:32AM 1.46		11:22PM 1.62	11:37AM 1.40		11:56PM 1.49	12:16PM 1.92		12:42AM 1.92	7:27AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)		9:55PM 0.21		5:46PM 0.68		4:38AM 0.21	4:10PM 0.19		4:43AM 0.19	1:51PM 0.87		4:20AM 0.20	4:50PM 0.18		5:27AM 0.17	3:56PM 0.32		6:00AM 0.54	6:21PM 0.23			1:45PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	39	44	-	-	-	1	10	7	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	23	18	26	20	17	20	15	13	17	16	13	16	15	11	15	14	14	14	16	14	21	14
Low °C	23	16	22	19	16	20	14	12	15	16	11	15	14	10	14	13	13	13	15	13	18	12
Chill °C (?)	23	18	26	20	16	20	14	12	16	16	11	15	14	8	15	12	14	14	16	13	21	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-
Sunset	8:39	-	-	8:57	-	-	9:02	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:53	-	-	9:19	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.2 SSE	4.0 ENE	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	3.0 E	1.3 NNW	4.5 WSW	4.0 W	1.3 SSE	2.4 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	0.6 SSE	2.5 SSW	2.0 S	1.5 S	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	8	15	10	10	11	11	11	11	13	13	11	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	-	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 N	0.5 NNW	0.6 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	16	-	13	10	10	10	9	14	11	12	10	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	2.3 ENE	3.0 N	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.6 S	0.9 WSW	-	-	3.5 SSW	0.5 NNW	-	4.0 SSW	-	3.5 S	-	3.0 S	-	-	0.4 NE	1.3 W
Period (s)	7	8	10	-	4	-	9	6	-	-	11	3	-	11	-	10	-	10	-	-	3	7

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	4PM	7PM	8PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Fairway Reef Northland	Helena Bay Northland	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Karitane Point Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	2.4 ENE	2.0 ESE	3.0 N	2.5 NNE	3.0 NE	4.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.0 ENE	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 E	2.3 ESE	2.4 E	1.7 ENE	4.0 W	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	8	11	9	9	10	10	11	10	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	12
Energy(?)	561	1193	962	1399	1467	2778	4628	8823	1981	1377	2225	1885	1795	1567	1378	1194	1173	1184	1639	1563	4878	5582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				11:16PM 2.53			9:02AM 1.52			6:24PM 2.31	9:03PM 1.13				9:09AM 1.43				8:56PM 1.76		3:34AM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)	2:16PM 0.50		5:15PM 0.08						3:48PM 0.22				2:40AM 0.20				3:16PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	1	6	5	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	21	22	22	22	19	20	27	15	18	17	16	16	20	13	19	18	13	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	16	14	21	22	22	22	19	20	27	15	17	17	16	16	20	12	19	18	12	10	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	9:37	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:58	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.8 E	2.0 ESE	3.0 N	2.5 NNE	3.0 NE	2.4 E	4.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.6 E	3.0 E	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.2 ENE	2.2 E	2.3 ESE	2.4 E	1.7 ENE	4.0 W	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	8	11	9	9	10	10	11	10	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 WSW	0.1 NE	0.8 ESE	1.4 E	2.4 N	0.2 SSE	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	1.6 ESE	0.9 N	0.8 N
Period (s)	-	11	13	9	9	9	14	12	12	16	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	16	15	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	4.0 ENE	5.0 ENE	-	2.0 ENE	0.6 WSW	-	-	0.5 W	-	1.2 SSW	-	0.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	8	4	-	-	4	-	5	-	9	7	8	-	-

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	2PM	3PM	2PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Anna Bay-Morna Point NSW - Newcastle	Fairway Reef Northland	Helena Bay Northland	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Tangoio Flat Rock Hawkes Bay	Blackhead Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Cannibal Bay Catlins	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Karitane Point Otago	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Raupo Bay Canterbury	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 S	2.0 E	2.0 ESE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	4.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.0 S	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.3 E	2.4 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	7	11	7	8	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	9	8	8	19	19
Energy(?)	562	721	864	813	1292	2504	416	1198	1955	593	1312	794	823	300	1518	730	899	906	1638	1633	1029	1060
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								8:26PM 1.29	9:01PM 1.40										7:51AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)													1:53AM 0.21	2:08AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	7	3	14	3	3	6	-	2	2	1	2	2	-	4	4	3	4	-	-
High °C	18	16	22	23	23	20	16	16	17	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	16	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	15	22	23	23	19	14	14	16	12	14	15	15	14	14	13	16	15	13	14	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.5 E	2.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.9 E	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.5 S	2.3 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.4 NNE	1.4 NNE
Period (s)	14	7	11	8	9	18	15	14	14	10	13	12	12	12	12	10	8	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 NE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	0.2 N	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.7 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	12	13	16	15	18	-	-	17	21	12	-	-	-	23	13	11	22	13	13	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ENE	2.0 E	-	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	4.0 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	1.8 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	2.4 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	7	8	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	9	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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