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Awana surf break

Awana surfForecast / Great Barrier Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 18 Mar 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
20.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Awana today?

The current surf forecast for Awana at 12PM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 17s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)17s
Afternoon (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
3
4
3
3
3
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.4
NNE
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
E
2.2
E
2.3
E
2.5
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)8817788778889101111111111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)448092861171461271521782182867521045163918361768167212931045934706520392290
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
30
ESE
25
SE
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SW
10
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscrosscross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:16AM
1.93
7:38PM
1.86
8:00AM
2.02
8:24PM
1.96
8:43AM
2.09
9:09PM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02AM
0.34
1:35PM
0.31
1:49AM
0.26
2:20PM
0.20
2:35AM
0.19
3:03PM
0.10
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sat
21
Sunrise--7:18-------7:18-------7:20-----
Sunset-----7:32-------7:31-------7:30--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818191919191818181819202120201919181819202020
Feels °C (?)171514171615161515151413171818191617171819181920
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