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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	Mon	Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Bobs Beach Otago	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Woodpecker Bay West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	4.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.5 N	2.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	10	11	10	12	12	11	8	8	13	13	10	10	9	18	17	16	15	14
Energy(?)	1000	2408	2270	1976	1877	735	1025	739	649	410	443	339	446	888	717	825	587	985	1058	1112	923	887
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:31AM 1.56		3:17PM 1.82		7:27AM 2.75	5:09PM 1.06	7:52PM 2.80	8:31AM 2.91	3:49PM 1.38		4:35AM 1.58	4:21PM 1.98		4:52AM 1.91	4:32PM 1.95		12:12PM 3.47		12:42AM 3.40	10:17AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)		8:12AM 0.31		11:31PM 0.23			2:12AM 0.37			10:07PM 0.06	10:54AM 0.08		10:35PM 0.01	11:12AM 0.07		12:04AM 0.01	6:01AM 0.65	6:26PM 0.54			5:26PM 0.13	12:37AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	5	13	3	10	1	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	18	13	16	22	13	24	24	21	16	17	16	19	19	18	21	23	19	22	22	18
Low °C	16	16	17	13	14	20	13	21	23	19	16	17	14	18	18	15	19	22	18	19	20	17
Chill °C (?)	17	20	18	11	16	22	12	24	24	21	16	16	16	19	19	18	21	23	19	22	22	17
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:46	-	-	9:15	-	-	7:51	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	2.3 S	0.2 SSW	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.5 N	2.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SE	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	9	12	10	10	11	10	12	12	11	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	8	9	11	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	-	0.1 S	1.7 SSE	0.7 W	0.2 S	0.1 NE	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	6	12	-	15	8	15	8	11	4	7	14	14	13	13	21	12	12	12	17	16	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	4.0 ESE	2.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	3	4

	Mon	Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	10AM	10AM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	8AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Loisell's East Cape	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.5 NNE	2.1 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.1 S	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.9 NE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.2 E	2.4 NE	2.0 N	2.4 N	2.5 N	1.9 ESE	1.9 SE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	9	9	10	8	8	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	8	11	10	10	12	12	8
Energy(?)	2039	2246	3149	1328	2408	2140	1399	1128	1783	1197	1378	1278	1689	1081	1182	1177	1049	1405	1453	1078	1077	581
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:55AM 1.74					6:43PM 2.72			2:39AM 1.46				1:43PM 1.81		8:51PM 3.11				7:25AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	8:10PM 0.33								8:08PM 0.08				8:20AM 0.15						3:09AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	clear	heavy rain	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	9	4	7	-	12	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1
Temp. °C	19	18	17	16	16	24	21	19	17	17	16	11	15	15	16	21	18	17	15	16	22	17
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	15	15	24	21	19	17	17	16	9	14	14	16	21	18	17	14	16	22	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	2.5 ESE	3.5 NNE	1.9 SE	2.3 S	2.3 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 S	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.8 SE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.2 E	1.7 ENE	2.0 N	2.4 N	2.5 N	1.9 ESE	1.9 SE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	9	10	10	8	11	10	10	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 SW	0.2 NNE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.7 NE	1.4 NE	1.9 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.0 SE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	-	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	14	13	13	11	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	-	2.1 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.1 S	0.9 NE	-	1.9 NE	0.5 SW	1.9 SSW	-	-	2.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	9	9	10	8	8	8	-	9	3	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	8PM	9PM	10PM	9PM	0AM	10PM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	1PM	2PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Loisell's East Cape	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Arrawarra NSW - North Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Burleigh Heads QLD - Gold Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Amberley Beach Canterbury	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Gore Bay Canterbury	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Wavetraps West Coast South Island	Saltwater NSW - Port Macquarie	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Le Bons Bay Canterbury
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	3.0 E	1.8 N	2.1 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	0.6 WSW	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	0.3 ENE	1.0 E	0.7 SSE	1.3 SE	4.0 ESE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 SE	2.1 SSE	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	9	8	9	9	11	7	8	8	8	6	8	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	6
Energy(?)	1177	1332	1207	673	979	1050	894	127	610	1115	1622	36	177	106	133	2163	82	83	80	692	968	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						9:15PM 0.17							7:22AM 0.18						1:33PM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	-	-	3
High °C	18	17	18	20	18	19	17	16	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	15	17	16	13	20	22	12
Chill °C (?)	17	15	18	20	17	19	16	14	12	10	11	12	12	11	11	13	17	16	11	20	22	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 S	1.8 N	0.1 NE	0.7 SW	0.2 NNE	0.6 WSW	0.7 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 ENE	1.0 E	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.6 SE	2.1 SSE	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	10	11	10	11	11	6	12	12	12	5	6	8	7	12	9	9	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	1.7 ENE	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.1 N	0.4 NE	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SE	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.2 E
Period (s)	13	12	8	13	6	10	6	11	-	-	-	8	9	5	10	-	13	13	13	11	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 E	3.0 E	-	2.1 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.1 S	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.3 SE	4.0 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.0 S	-	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	-	9	8	9	9	9	7	8	8	4	7	4	5	9	3	3	3	9	-	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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