Medlands Beach Surf Forecast

/ Great Barrier Island (5 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (36.27° S 175.49° E)

Surf Forecasts

Medlands Beach surfForecast / Great Barrier Island / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Tuesday 19 Aug 2025 NZST

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Medlands Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Medlands Beach sea temperature is 15.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Medlands Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Medlands Beach at 2PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 19). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Aug)	2.5ft (0.7m)	9s
Afternoon (19 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	9s
Evening (19 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	7s

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

Hourly 12 Days

Great Barrier Island Surf

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	Tuesday 19					Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
	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 (?)	NE	NE	NE	NW	NNW	NW	NNW	NE	NW	NE	NE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	6	7	7	7	9	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	83	69	54	140	121	84	65	35	27	18	22	103	101	85	76	117	148	153	123	79	86	84	84	98
Wind (km/h)	W	WNW	WNW	WSW	WSW	SSE	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	S	S	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SSW	SSE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				3:41PM 2.10				4:05AM 2.06				4:48PM 2.13				5:10AM 2.09				5:46PM 2.19
Low Tide / height (m)		9:04AM 0.62				9:48PM 0.74				10:09AM 0.63				10:52PM 0.71				11:14AM 0.61				11:52PM 0.67

	Tuesday 19					Wednesday 20								Thursday 21								Friday 22
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	1	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	11	11	9	9	9	8	9	11	12	11	11	11	10	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	12
Feels °C (?)	4	3	1	2	3	-2	1	1	0	2	3	5	5	6	6	4	4	4	6	8	9	7	8	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Great Barrier Island

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Medlands Beach (fresh winds from the W at SHIP4373 21 km from Medlands Beach). 0.6m 9s swell from the NE to make surfable waves.
1 hour 10 minutes ago Medlands Beach

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21 km away, 1 h 10 min ago

37.08 km/h

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15.3

Air / Water (°C)

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