Awana 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 36.21° S 175.48° E

Issued: 12 am 16 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Awana sea temperature is

16.2°C

Awana surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Awana today (16 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (16 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 7s period with NNW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (16 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with NNW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (16 Oct, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 5s period with SE swell.

The current surf forecast for Awana at 7AM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am October 16). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s
Afternoon (16 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	7s
Evening (16 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	5s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Thu night, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the WNW on Thu night, calm by Sun afternoon).
	Friday 16								Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NE 9	SE 5	SE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 14	ESE 14	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	248	244	287	177	104	61	26	42	240	213	171	140	109	71	56	47	41	40	48	42	34	90	59	55
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	WNW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	NE	NW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide	11:06PM1.84m				11:36AM1.90m				11:49PM1.77m				12:20PM1.83m				00:34AM1.69m					1:08PM1.76m
Low Tide			5:21AM0.29m				5:51PM0.43m				6:04AM0.37m				6:36PM0.50m				6:50AM0.44m					7:25PM0.56m


	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:31	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:35	—
mm	—	1	1	1	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	10	10	12	13	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	13	14	14
Feels °C	6	5	5	6	7	7	7	5	2	3	3	3	5	9	10	10	11	8	6	6	8	12	11	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NNW 7	NE 9	NE 10	ENE 10	NE 10	NE 10	ESE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	SE 6	ESE 6	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8
kJ	22	23	22	177	104	61	26	15	22	15	9	15	15	71	56	47	37	34	48	42	34	90	59	55
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	E 15	E 15	E 14	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NNW 6	NNW 6	NW 6	NW 6	NE 13	NE 10	NE 10	NE 11	ESE 14	ESE 14	ESE 10	SE 10	ESE 9	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10
kJ	4	4	4	22	22	21	22	22	8	4	2	2	7	15	16	19	41	40	21	24	33	15	15	15
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	NE 14	NE 14	NE 14	SW 4	—	NNE 6	N 11	NE 14	NE 13	N 6	ESE 12	ESE 14	ESE 15	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	NE 10	—	N 15	N 15
kJ	—	—	—	8	8	8	2	—	4	2	7	7	1	13	20	22	16	16	16	16	16	—	18	18
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 7	NW 7	NW 7	WSW 4	SW 4	SSW 4	SE 5	SE 5	SE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SSW 4	—	SW 3	SSW 4	SSW 4	SW 4	SSW 4	SW 4	—	—	—
kJ	248	244	287	25	24	11	10	42	240	213	171	140	109	1	—	3	9	10	7	5	2	—	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Daniels Reef Northland	New Chums Coromandel	Matarangi Coromandel	Pakiri beach Northland	Tairua Beach Coromandel	Taipa Bay Northland	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Raglan-Manu Bay Raglan and West Waikato	Whitianga Coromandel	Forestry Northland	The Ledge Northland	Raglan-Manu Bay Raglan and West Waikato	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Kaitoke Beach Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Forestry Northland	The Ledge Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Okiwi - Whangapoua Estuary Great Barrier Island
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	108	62	55	60	64	94	227	235	188	71	71	179	188	0	0	6	4	6	71	179	0	0	0	9
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Rating (10 max)														1	1	1	1	1			1	1	1	1
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	2	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	6	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	6	5	4	6	8	7	6

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