Great Barrier Island Surf

Detailed Great Barrier Island surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Great Barrier Island. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Great Barrier Island. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Great Barrier Island over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Great Barrier Island and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Great Barrier Island Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Great Barrier Island Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Great Barrier Island coastline are also listed below.

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	Fri	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland
Rating	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.8 NE	1.4 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	2.0 NE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 NE	0.4 NNE	0.5 N
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	15	14	14	6	8	12	12	12	10	10	9	9	16	15
Energy(?)	179	239	231	137	117	119	83	91	72	70	68	157	460	2745	2708	1084	1274	904	469	299	203	135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		8:39AM 2.74		9:01PM 2.62	9:31AM 2.77		9:55PM 2.61	10:24AM 2.75		10:49PM 2.58	11:16AM 2.70		11:56PM 2.21	12:22PM 2.30		12:25AM 1.90	12:55PM 2.05		1:27AM 2.42		1:48PM 1.96	2:19AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)	2:28AM 0.28		3:03PM 0.40	3:23AM 0.26		3:58PM 0.40		4:16AM 0.27	4:52PM 0.42		5:08AM 0.32	5:45PM 0.48		5:51AM 0.39	6:25PM 0.21		6:37AM 0.20		7:32PM 0.61	7:31AM 0.31		8:12PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	24	25	19	20	24	21	19	19	19	18	19	19	18	18	19	20	21	18	18	18	15
Low °C	16	20	22	18	18	22	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	16	17	17	14
Chill °C (?)	15	24	25	18	20	24	21	19	19	19	17	18	18	16	16	19	20	21	16	16	16	13
Sunrise	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:25	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:27	-	-	8:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 ENE	1.4 NE	3.0 NE	3.0 ENE	2.0 NE	2.2 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 ENE	0.9 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 N
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	4	11	8	12	12	12	10	10	9	9	9	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.4 E	0.3 N	1.2 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	18	18	8	9	9	8	15	15	11	14	15	13	12	12	13	10	16	16	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.3 NW	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	3	4	8	4	3	-	3	3	3	3	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	6	6	4

	Fri	Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNE
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	15
Energy(?)	196	179	209	207	239	234	231	206	150	166	134	136	117	117	119	119	109	83	104	92	91	72
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:05PM 2.61				8:39AM 2.74				9:01PM 2.62				9:45AM 2.41				9:41PM 2.11					10:16AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)			2:28AM 0.28				3:03PM 0.40				3:23AM 0.26				3:41PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	20	24	25	22	18	17	17	17	18	21	24	22	21	21	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	20	24	25	22	18	16	16	17	17	21	24	22	21	21	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.1 NE	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	12	12	18	18	18	18	18	18	9	16	16	16	9	9	9	8	8	8	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NE	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	4	3	8	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	3	3	8	3	3	4

	Friday 05				Saturday 06
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island
Rating	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14
Energy(?)	196	196	196	190	183	179	175	214	209	209	207	207	256	252	248	252	252	255	234	255	255	252
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:05PM 2.61												8:53AM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)								2:28AM 0.28												2:46PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	21	25	22	23	23
Chill °C (?)	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	17	21	25	22	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.7 N
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	18	18	9	9	9	9	9	9	18	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3

Great Barrier Island Surf Breaks

Awana

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Kaitoke Beach

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Medlands Beach

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Okiwi - Whangapoua Estuary

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Shark Alley

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