Awana surf break

Awana surfForecast / Great Barrier Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
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Awana surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Awana sea temperature is
20.5° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Awana today?

The current surf forecast for Awana at 8PM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (16 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

Table - waves today at Awana. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.6
NW
0.6
NNW
0.3
ESE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
1.8
NNW
2
N
2.5
N
3
N
3
NNW
Period(s) (?)11661114141414141413131313121212121266788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)402723231616414067635987865450494847272483146178921374
Wind
(km/h)
40
W
40
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
30
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
40
N
45
N
45
N
50
N
55
NNW
35
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise6:43-------6:43-------6:45-------
Sunset--5:52-------5:50-------5:49-----
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-1------------------1146
Temp. °C181818171717171717171718181718181919191919181919
Feels °C (?)1111991010121213141414161513121313121212101114
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