Awana surf break

Awana surfForecast / Great Barrier Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 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 1PM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (19 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)9s
Evening (19 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
4
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
E
1.6
E
2.1
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
ESE
2.2
E
2.1
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)88881010111111111111101010101010101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1432022653237961442166717831672142611651045720530400332273225179190145142140137
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
SE
20
S
10
SW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
WSW
5
N
10
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:00AM
2.02
8:24PM
1.96
8:43AM
2.09
9:09PM
2.05
9:27AM
2.14
9:55PM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:49AM
0.26
2:20PM
0.20
2:35AM
0.19
3:03PM
0.10
3:21AM
0.14
3:47PM
0.04
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise--7:18-------7:20-------7:20-----
Sunset-----7:31-------7:30-------7:29--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818192020201919191819202020191818181920201919
Feels °C (?)151515141819171616161517191819191818192019181718
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