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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	Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			Mon
	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	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	The Box Northland	Papatowai Catlins	Lennox Head NSW - North Coast	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Dunedin - Cob Cottage Otago	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 ENE	3.0 WNW	2.0 SW	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	13	8	12	12	12	10	12	12	13	13	12	11	14	12	13	9	10	12	5
Energy(?)	1044	1148	882	517	547	623	565	219	542	802	1068	808	560	1951	1556	1223	1055	732	355	2661	1187	94
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	off	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)	11:43AM 2.83		12:05AM 2.80	12:12PM 2.55	3:02PM 2.21	12:35AM 2.36	12:55PM 2.46		1:36AM 2.44		1:57PM 2.78		5:17AM 1.93	5:34PM 1.90		6:05AM 1.83	6:27PM 1.78	8:02PM 2.18	5:58AM 1.70	2:47PM 2.00	3:18AM 1.88	6:10AM 2.22
Low Tide / height (m)		5:14PM 0.12		5:59AM 0.33			6:44AM 0.40		7:33PM 0.15	7:28AM 0.50		10:58PM 0.26	11:27AM 0.42		11:53PM 0.40	12:19PM 0.52		2:18AM 0.73	12:11PM 0.73		9:29PM 0.52	12:23PM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	55	1	-	11	6	-	3	-	4	2	-
High °C	20	21	19	20	18	16	16	17	15	18	16	16	18	17	15	13	21	20	28	15	11	14
Low °C	19	21	17	19	18	13	15	16	13	16	16	14	16	15	11	12	21	17	23	14	9	13
Chill °C (?)	20	21	19	20	18	16	16	16	14	18	16	16	18	16	14	12	21	20	28	13	8	12
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	5:56	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:10	-	-	9:42	-	-	9:36	-	-	8:45	-	-	9:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	-	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	11	15	14	13	-	12	12	12	15	12	12	13	13	16	11	14	12	13	9	12	8	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.0 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	1.2 W	0.7 N	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 W	-	0.5 NW	0.3 N	0.3 ENE	1.3 WSW	0.7 WNW	0.9 SW	-	0.4 NE	1.1 WSW	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	16	11	15	15	-	8	14	13	-	6	-	4	13	7	15	8	16	-	12	12	-	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	0.1 N	0.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.4 NNE	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	3.0 WNW	2.0 SW	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	2	10	-	-	3	3	12	-	-	-	4	-	10	12	5

	Monday 05					Tuesday 06								Wednesday 07								Thu
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Elliot Bay Northland	Elliot Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	2.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	8	10	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	11
Energy(?)	1007	1039	844	1119	1638	1014	1055	1134	645	676	502	712	663	623	667	622	507	204	521	234	234	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		10:57AM 2.57				11:50PM 2.42				12:12PM 2.55					3:42AM 2.15				3:10PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)				5:42PM 0.34	8:33PM -0.03			5:59AM 0.33					9:28PM 0.02				9:49AM 0.24	11:19AM 0.39		6:28PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	19	21	15	19	18	18	19	21	20	20	16	14	14	13	17	19	15	20	19	15
Chill °C (?)	19	21	19	21	15	19	18	18	19	21	20	20	16	14	13	12	17	19	15	20	19	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 W	1.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	10	7	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.1 NW	0.7 N	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	1.4 WSW	1.2 W	-	-	0.9 W	0.6 W	0.6 N	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	-	11	14	14	15	14	15	12	10	8	-	-	8	7	13	8	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	0.5 SE	0.4 NE	-	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	2.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	0.4 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	-	6	9	-	5	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	2	-

	Monday 05																Tuesday 06
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bluecliffs Southland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Colac Bay Southland	Smoothwater Bay West Coast South Island	Elliot Bay Northland	Elliot Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	13	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1042	1075	1044	1293	108	1287	1277	1170	961	1140	703	182	953	1018	984	984	953	224	570	466	466	266
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)														8:39PM -0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	19	21	18	21	21	21	20	21	20	18	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	18	18	14
Chill °C (?)	17	19	19	21	18	21	21	21	20	21	20	18	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	18	18	13
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	1.1 W	1.1 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	16	11	16	13	16	16	15	15	15	11	13	-	-	-	-	12	6	13	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.1 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 WSW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 N	0.8 N	0.8 N	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	16	11	16	11	7	11	11	11	11	11	14	12	-	-	-	-	12	12	16	14	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	-	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	-	4	3	12	12	11	11	-	6	4	6	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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