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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	Sat	Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25
	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	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Whatipu Auckland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Baylys Beach Northland	Baches Wairarapa	Whatarangi Point and Bombora Wairarapa	Warrington Otago	Murdering Bay Otago	All Day Bay Otago	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach Otago	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	7	6	8	8	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 WSW	2.5 SSE	2.5 WSW	4.0 S	3.0 S	2.4 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	16	14	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	13	18	16	14	16	15
Energy(?)	5694	6705	1897	7909	4151	2203	2187	2866	2037	1065	3984	1514	1360	1998	1985	1372	491	1030	1982	1403	467	749
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:06AM 2.58			12:08AM 3.40		1:09PM 2.12	1:32AM 2.07		12:04PM 2.56	11:12PM 1.75	11:59AM 0.92		12:34AM 1.53		2:39PM 2.81	2:53AM 2.72		2:46PM 0.98	2:56AM 1.46		4:20PM 1.00	12:08AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		6:07AM 0.16	3:01PM 0.04		6:53AM 0.21		7:21PM 0.29	7:10AM 0.67			6:28AM 0.30	5:38PM 0.32		7:42AM 0.32		8:37PM 0.62	8:35AM 0.24		7:45PM 0.59	9:40AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	16	4	-	-	1	-	1	4	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	13	21	20	16	21	13	15	15	8	9	9	9	13	10	9	10	12	11	12	18	15
Low °C	9	10	20	16	15	21	12	14	12	8	9	8	8	12	9	7	8	11	9	11	17	13
Chill °C (?)	9	12	21	20	15	21	12	14	15	5	5	6	7	11	7	6	10	12	11	12	18	15
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 WSW	0.1 NE	2.5 WSW	0.1 E	3.0 S	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	0.1 S	2.4 ESE	0.5 WSW	0.6 E	2.5 SE	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	12	16	14	13	13	13	10	10	10	13	10	13	10	10	13	18	16	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	1.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	-	0.4 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	7	14	13	13	8	19	18	16	20	13	-	6	13	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 S	-	2.5 SSE	-	4.0 S	-	1.5 SSE	3.5 ESE	2.5 SE	-	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	-	13	-	10	-	8	10	10	-	9	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Sat	Sunday 19									Monday 20								Tuesday 21
	9PM	0AM	1AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	3PM	6PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Whatipu Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Baches Wairarapa
Rating	5	6	5	5	7	6	6	5	5	9	8	8	8	8	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.5 S	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	2.3 SSE	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	3663	5694	3272	3148	6705	5295	5360	3175	3650	8701	7909	7668	7280	7297	2827	1984	4670	3991	4446	3433	1291	2427
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		11:59PM 2.15					12:20PM 2.18			9:37PM 1.89					12:04PM 3.24				10:22PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	8:07PM 0.30			5:32AM 0.44	6:07AM 0.16			5:57PM 0.49					4:23AM 0.22			5:48PM 0.03					5:00AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	5	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	10	10	16	11	10	13	13	14	14	19	18	17	16	19	16	14	19	19	17	18	17	14
Chill °C (?)	9	8	15	9	8	12	12	14	14	19	18	16	15	19	16	13	19	19	16	18	16	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	4.0 W	2.1 SSE	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 WSW	1.8 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	3.5 S
Period (s)	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	13	13	13	14	8	12	12	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-	1.3 NNE	1.3 NNW	1.2 SW	-	0.1 NE	0.2 NNE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	-	1.7 WSW	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	1.2 E
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	7	8	16	-	9	11	11	10	-	13	11	13	13	10	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 S	1.1 N	-	1.3 NE	-	-	-	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S	-	2.2 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	0.4 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	8	-	6	-	-	-	16	14	13	13	13	-	8	12	12	12	11	4	-

	Saturday 18					Sunday 19
	7PM	8PM	7PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	9AM	10AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Whatipu Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Baches Wairarapa
Rating	5	6	5	5	7	6	6	5	5	9	8	8	8	8	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 W	3.5 W	1.9 SSE	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.5 S	2.1 SSE	0.3 S
Period(s) (?)	13	12	9	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	9
Energy(?)	2914	4858	566	2599	5955	5694	6184	2696	2278	3292	1633	1633	1633	1845	2306	3009	2201	2018	1435	5372	1256	36
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)						11:59PM 2.15												9:17AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)												3:28AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	20	11	10	10	10	11	15	16	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	18	21	20	21	17
Chill °C (?)	11	10	20	10	8	8	8	9	14	15	19	18	18	18	16	16	15	18	21	20	21	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 W	3.5 W	0.1 NE	3.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	4.0 W	3.0 W	1.9 WSW	2.1 SSE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	2.4 S	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	0.3 S
Period (s)	13	12	6	12	13	14	14	13	12	12	9	9	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 W	-	0.5 W	1.3 W	-	-	-	1.3 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.2 NNE	1.3 WNW	1.7 NNW	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	0.2 NNE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	15	-	18	15	-	-	-	14	9	11	11	11	9	9	8	-	-	9	-	9	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 S	-	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	9	12	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	4

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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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