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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	Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sun
	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	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Scott Point Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Beatons Southland	Weld Road Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Papatowai Catlins	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nicks Point Southland	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	5	4	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 NNE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	2.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	8	10	11	11	8	10	10	19	11	16	15	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	441	1276	1025	803	304	649	494	818	1359	353	926	1174	542	2427	2982	2019	2586	1334	1509	1711	1840	1208
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:13AM 3.44		9:58PM 1.41	11:49AM 3.47		12:10AM 3.28	12:06PM 2.36		12:12AM 2.28	12:39PM 2.47		11:38PM 1.18	9:24AM 1.46			6:05AM 1.95		9:35PM 1.58	10:55AM 1.44			6:39AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		5:25PM 0.79		5:42AM 0.70	6:03PM 0.80		6:00AM 0.55	5:47PM 0.53		6:21AM 0.32	1:47PM 0.41			3:47PM 0.26	11:47PM 0.42	12:12PM 0.56	3:36PM 0.37	3:50AM 0.35	4:40AM 0.25	5:15PM 0.22	12:18AM 0.41	12:53PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	15	1	5	6	5	4	1	1
High °C	21	18	17	31	18	18	25	15	17	21	14	18	14	14	12	13	14	11	10	13	14	16
Low °C	20	18	17	26	18	14	22	15	16	20	13	17	12	14	11	12	13	10	9	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	21	18	17	31	18	17	25	13	16	21	12	18	13	13	12	12	13	10	9	12	13	16
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:39	-	-	9:00	-	-	9:40	-	-	9:36	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:06	-	-	9:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 NE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.2 SSE	2.5 W	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.0 SW	-	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	2.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	8	10	11	11	10	10	10	19	11	16	-	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.6 N	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ENE	0.7 NNE	-	0.2 N	0.2 E	0.6 SE	0.6 W	0.7 SW	-	1.4 WNW	-	1.4 NW	0.1 SW	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 W	0.1 N
Period (s)	14	13	13	9	9	8	6	-	12	12	9	9	8	-	8	-	8	22	13	11	20	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 NNE	0.4 NE	1.0 NE	1.9 NNE	2.5 W	-	0.4 NE	3.5 W	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	3	5	7	8	-	6	8	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 21					Monday 22								Tuesday 23								Wed
	10AM	1PM	3PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	5AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	5PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 NNE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSE	1.8 NNE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 E	2.2 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 S	2.5 W	2.2 W
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	8	12	11	10	8	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1703	1486	586	1180	1180	1025	964	1249	730	620	504	531	617	658	1440	1290	649	588	529	479	1748	1159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:13AM 3.44				11:33PM 3.28				11:23AM 2.48			7:33PM 1.32			4:01AM 2.05	7:03AM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)				5:25PM 0.79				3:35AM 0.15											2:20PM 0.28		9:14PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	17	18	21	18	16	16	17	24	19	19	15	23	20	20	13	14	20	23	24	20	14	12
Chill °C (?)	16	18	21	18	16	16	17	24	19	19	14	23	20	20	12	13	20	23	24	20	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 NE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SSE	1.1 NE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.5 NNE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 S	0.8 SW	2.2 W
Period (s)	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	8	12	11	10	8	11	11	8	8	6	11	11	11	6	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.5 N	0.2 SSE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.5 SSE	1.2 NNE	0.7 SSW	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.1 W
Period (s)	13	13	8	13	13	13	12	10	12	12	8	9	6	6	10	10	11	8	5	9	11	23
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 NNE	-	-	0.2 ENE	1.8 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.0 NNE	2.3 E	2.2 ENE	1.1 NW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 NNE	2.5 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8	8	6	6	8	8	5	4	5	5	11	-

	Sunday 21																Monday 22
	8AM	9AM	9AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	1PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	5PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Anson Bay Norfolk Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Banks Peninsula - Magnet Bay Canterbury	Crescent Head NSW - Port Macquarie	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Banks Peninsula - Gough Bay Canterbury	Le Bons Bay Canterbury	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	0.8 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 NE	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.3 NE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 SW	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	12	13	7	12	12	8	7	8	8	10	7	8	9	8	8	9	10
Energy(?)	1144	1806	441	1558	1510	1486	1451	119	1220	1220	872	187	303	296	358	89	258	128	220	179	70	159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)					11:13AM 3.44						5:35PM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)										4:54PM 0.46		4:37PM 0.47			9:02PM 0.36			12:03AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	20	18	18	19	18	32	18	18	12	29	12	12	9	8	10	9	11	11	7	7
Chill °C (?)	16	16	20	18	18	19	18	32	18	18	11	29	11	11	7	6	10	9	10	11	6	5
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	0.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	0.2 E	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	0.2 E	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	13	11	13	13	12	13	9	12	12	8	9	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.2 NNW	0.8 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 N	0.1 SE	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 SE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.3 SE	0.8 SSE	0.5 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	11	13	13	8	10	11	11	7	7	9	9	11	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	-	-	2.0 SSW	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	8	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

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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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