Goat Island Reef Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (36.27° S 174.80° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Goat Island Reef surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 NZST

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

Today's Goat Island Reef sea temperature is 14.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Goat Island Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Goat Island Reef at 4PM is: 0.1m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	13s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	13s
Evening (16 Sep)	0.5ft (0.1m)	12s

Table - waves today at Goat Island Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	WNW	N	N	N	N
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	3	4	5	6	6	6	11	4	15	15	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	8	11	11	8	5	6	6	8	18	17	9	11	13	44	73	93	152	139	8	16	8	8	8	8
Wind (km/h)	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WNW	W	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW
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	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			2:14PM 2.11				2:38AM 1.98					3:20PM 2.07				3:45AM 1.95				4:24PM 2.08				4:48AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)	7:59AM 0.32				8:39PM 0.47					9:03AM 0.38				9:45PM 0.50				10:08AM 0.40				10:49PM 0.47

	Tuesday 16					Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	17	16	14	13	13	14	12	14	17	17	15	13	12	13	13	15	17	15	14	13	11	11	11
Feels °C (?)	10	12	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	13	13	12	9	8	9	9	10	12	10	11	10	7	7	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Goat Island Reef (light winds from the SSW at Auckland 45 km from Goat Island Reef). No surfable waves
34 minutes ago Goat Island Reef

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45 km away, 34 min ago

13 km/h

SSW

0.0

14.9

Air / Water (°C)

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