Awana surf break

Awana surfForecast / Great Barrier Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
20.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Awana today?

The current surf forecast for Awana at 12PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (28 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.8
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
N
1.1
N
Period(s) (?)10111111101010101010101091212121111121211111413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)334140383535313030303030304948721021358781156222333423
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
E
5
SSE
5
SW
15
NNW
10
NW
15
WSW
25
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
10
SSE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:53AM
1.87
3:11PM
1.89
3:56AM
1.89
4:15PM
1.87
5:01AM
1.93
5:20PM
1.88
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:03AM
0.41
9:35PM
0.24
10:08AM
0.42
10:38PM
0.23
11:15AM
0.40
11:42PM
0.20
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
Sunrise-6:28-------6:30-------6:31------
Sunset-----8:30-------8:30-------8:29--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019202020191919191819202020191818171819202019
Feels °C (?)201917181819191920201920191919161413131818182019
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