Awana surf break

Awana surfForecast / Great Barrier Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 20 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
20.6° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Awana today?

The current surf forecast for Awana at 1PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Afternoon (20 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (20 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
E
2.5
ESE
2.3
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)111111111110101010101010999999999988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1672145212939697625514002842392341901481401111091098381798280775755
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
NW
5
E
5
ENE
15
NE
15
E
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglassglassoncross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassononcross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:43AM
2.09
9:09PM
2.05
9:27AM
2.14
9:55PM
2.11
10:12AM
2.15
10:42PM
2.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:35AM
0.19
3:03PM
0.10
3:21AM
0.14
3:47PM
0.04
4:08AM
0.12
4:32PM
0.02
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise--7:20-------7:20-------7:20-----
Sunset-----7:30-------7:29-------7:27--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818191920201818181818191920191919191919191919
Feels °C (?)161415171818191717191919201820192021202019191919
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