Awana surf break

Awana surfForecast / Great Barrier Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 17 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 2AM is: 0.3m 17s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)17s
Afternoon (18 Mar)3ft (0.9m)7s
Evening (18 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
NE
0.3
NNE
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.4
NNE
0.9
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.2
ENE
1.6
E
2
E
3
E
3
E
3.5
ESE
3
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
Period(s) (?)881117881777877778101111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26282459446492821031381461271602464581507198527771888156812081060954908
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:51PM
1.76
7:16AM
1.93
7:38PM
1.86
8:00AM
2.02
8:24PM
1.96
8:43AM
2.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02AM
0.34
1:35PM
0.31
1:49AM
0.26
2:20PM
0.20
2:35AM
0.19
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise------7:18-------7:18-------7:20-
Sunset-7:35-------7:32-------7:31------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181919191918191919191918191819192021212019191819
Feels °C (?)181818171715161616151515161414131416171615161416
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