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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Great Barrier Island Wavefinder

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	Thu	Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16
	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	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Waikawau Bay Coromandel	Awana Great Barrier Island	Waikawau Bay Coromandel	Waikawau Bay Coromandel	Awana Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Waikawau Bay Coromandel	Waikawau Bay Coromandel	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	Waikawau Bay Coromandel
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.8 NNE	3.5 NE	3.0 NE	4.0 ENE	6.5 ENE	8.5 NE	4.0 NE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	12	11	10	10	9	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	14
Energy(?)	1789	1770	1825	4649	3661	9041	17670	48170	5168	1009	731	592	434	545	578	503	164	179	86	37	49	47
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:14AM 2.21		12:29PM 2.14	1:04AM 2.16		1:30PM 1.58	2:08AM 1.69								4:25PM 2.20			5:24PM 2.32		5:46AM 2.46
Low Tide / height (m)		6:49AM 0.93		6:56PM 0.88	7:32AM 0.61		7:47PM 0.53	8:28AM 0.60								10:53PM 0.82			11:45PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	26	21	2	-	-	-	4	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	5
High °C	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	21	19	19	20	20	19	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	20	18
Low °C	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	21	19	19	19	20	17	17	19	18	18	18	17	18	19	17
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	18	18	19	20	20	18	18	20	20	18	17	18	18	16	17	17	17	20	17
Sunrise	-	6:37	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.8 NNE	3.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.3 NNE	-	7.5 ENE	4.0 NE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.8 NNW	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 E
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	14	16	-	14	12	11	10	10	9	14	13	13	12	6	11	11	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.7 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.7 E	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.6 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	10	10	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	10	9	8	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 E	1.1 E	2.5 ESE	4.0 ENE	6.5 ENE	8.5 NE	1.9 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	1.3 NNW	1.0 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW
Period (s)	-	-	10	10	7	14	14	14	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	5	5	5	5	6	5

	Thu	Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	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	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Waikawau Bay Coromandel	Awana Great Barrier Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.5 NE	3.5 NE	4.0 ENE	4.0 NE	5.5 ENE	5.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	5.5 NE	5.5 ENE	5.5 ENE	6.0 ENE	7.0 ENE	6.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1626	1418	1483	1239	1770	1835	1825	2121	3153	4649	5775	5973	9690	10584	9041	8648	15032	13241	12965	14901	19646	11022
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	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	low	flow
High Tide / height (m)			12:14AM 2.21				12:36PM 1.62				1:14AM 1.70				1:19PM 2.10				2:02AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)	6:06PM 0.82				6:39AM 0.58				6:54PM 0.50				7:32AM 0.61				7:47PM 0.53				8:22AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	6	7	14	26	2
Temp. °C	18	17	17	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 N	1.7 N	1.7 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	2.0 NNE	2.5 NE	3.5 NE	0.2 NNW	4.0 NE	0.2 NNW	-	2.3 NNE	-	5.5 NE	-	-	-	-	6.0 NE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	16	-	15	-	-	-	-	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.7 E	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.1 E	4.0 ENE	2.5 ESE	5.5 ENE	5.5 ENE	4.0 ENE	4.5 ENE	4.0 ESE	5.5 ENE	5.5 ENE	6.0 ENE	7.0 ENE	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	13	8	13	13	14	15	10	15	14	14	14	13

	Thursday 09					Friday 10
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	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	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Waikawau Bay Coromandel	Awana Great Barrier Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.9 NNE
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1682	1664	1626	1629	1824	1789	1781	1726	1717	1711	1714	1736	1720	1692	1166	1153	1870	1192	1211	1118	1256	1872
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							12:22AM 1.74												12:29PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)	6:06PM 0.82												6:39AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	19
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.8 N	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.9 NNE
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.8 E	1.4 E	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	13	13	13	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.8 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	4	4	10

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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