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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	Tue	Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24
	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	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Okiwi - Whangapoua Estuary 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	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island
Rating	0	1	1	1	2	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.8 ENE	2.2 E	3.0 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	17	17	16	18	8	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	5	6	6	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	143	116	137	148	131	987	1871	1201	855	436	301	254	198	183	280	165	238	307	419	623	720	1202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:16AM 1.93		7:45PM 2.42	8:00AM 2.02		8:31PM 2.53	8:43AM 2.09		9:16PM 2.62	9:37AM 2.69		10:02PM 2.67	10:24AM 2.69		10:50PM 2.68	11:27AM 2.31		11:39PM 2.66	11:49AM 2.06		12:23AM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)	1:02AM 0.34		1:45PM 0.70	2:06AM 0.62		2:30PM 0.58	2:50AM 0.52		3:14PM 0.48	3:33AM 0.46		3:59PM 0.41		4:18AM 0.45	4:45PM 0.38		4:59AM 0.45	5:19PM 0.03		5:46AM 0.18	6:09PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	2	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
High °C	19	18	19	18	18	20	20	19	20	20	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	19	18	18	18	19
Low °C	18	17	19	16	17	20	19	18	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	18	18	20	20	19	20	20	19	20	19	19	19	17	17	18	17	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:24	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 N	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.2 E	3.0 ESE	2.2 E	1.9 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	7	17	8	8	8	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	13	13	14	12	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 N
Period (s)	17	8	16	18	15	17	14	17	16	16	14	14	13	13	16	16	12	14	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	-	0.3 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	3.0 E
Period (s)	8	3	-	2	3	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	4	5	9	5	6	6	7	7	7	8

	Tue	Wednesday 18								Thursday 19								Friday 20
	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	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Okiwi - Whangapoua Estuary Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	1.1 E	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.3 E	2.4 E	2.4 ESE	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	8	17	17	17	17	16	16	8	16	18	18	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	61	143	117	122	189	142	137	245	162	148	150	117	131	164	412	479	1729	1793	463	1460	1351	1075
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:16AM 1.93				7:45PM 2.42				8:07AM 2.57				8:45PM 2.21				8:43AM 2.09
Low Tide / height (m)			1:20AM 0.73				1:45PM 0.70				2:06AM 0.62				2:30PM 0.58				2:50AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	17	18	18	19	19	18	16	17	16	17	18	21	22	20	20	17	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	16	17	18	19	18	18	15	16	15	16	18	21	22	20	20	16	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNE	0.4 N	0.6 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.3 E	2.4 E	2.4 ESE	2.1 E
Period (s)	8	7	17	17	17	16	8	16	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.1 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 N	0.3 NE	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	8	17	8	11	11	10	16	11	16	18	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	-	1.1 E	-	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	-
Period (s)	-	8	3	7	7	7	-	8	-	2	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	-

	Tuesday 17				Wednesday 18
	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	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Okiwi - Whangapoua Estuary Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island
Rating	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.6 E	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.4 N	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	18	17	17	17	17	8	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	7	7	16	6	7	6
Energy(?)	62	60	92	132	144	131	131	71	117	109	124	122	123	113	121	121	153	155	142	136	241	153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	on	on	on	cross	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)													7:23AM 2.47
Low Tide / height (m)							1:20AM 0.73												1:45PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	18	19	19
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	19	18	18	19	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	18	17	17	19	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 E	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ESE	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE
Period (s)	8	8	18	17	17	17	17	7	8	8	11	11	11	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	-	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	3	3	-	3	3	7	7	7	3	3	3	7	7	7	6	7	6

Great Barrier Island Surf Breaks

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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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