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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Great Barrier Island Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Great Barrier Island Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Great Barrier Island Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Great Barrier Island Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Great Barrier Island Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Great Barrier Island Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Great Barrier Island Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Great Barrier Island Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Great Barrier Island Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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.

Great Barrier Island Photos

Great Barrier Island Wavefinder

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	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	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	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	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 (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	E 9	SSE 5	SE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	E 12	NNW 6	NNW 6	E 12	E 12	E 12
kJ	80	24	87	91	73	146	113	94	100	64	59	28	16	8	12	47	27	11	11	12
Wind (km/h)	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SW	WSW	SSW	SW	W	WSW	W	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	SW	NW	SW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	off	off	off	cross-off	glassy	cross-off
High Tide		11:15PM1.97m	11:45AM1.88m	12:02PM2.16m	00:00AM1.86m		12:34PM1.80m	1:01AM2.03m		1:25PM1.73m	1:39AM1.67m		2:19PM1.68m	2:33AM1.62m		3:17PM1.67m		3:30AM1.60m	4:13PM1.69m
Low Tide			5:35AM0.23m	5:55PM0.67m		6:20AM0.32m		6:46PM0.76m	7:06AM0.73m		7:34PM0.56m	7:57AM0.47m		8:28PM0.62m	8:51AM0.50m		9:25PM0.64m	9:46AM0.51m		10:23PM0.62m


mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Max °C	12	12	10	11	12	11	12	13	12	13	14	13	14	14	14	15	14	13	15	14
Min °C	11	9	9	11	10	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	13	14	14	13	12	13	12
Chill °C	10	9	7	9	11	9	11	11	10	12	13	11	12	12	11	13	12	12	15	12
	—	—	6:56	—	—	6:54	—	—	6:52	—	—	6:52	—	—	6:50	—	—	6:48	—	—
	5:46	—	—	5:46	—	—	5:47	—	—	5:49	—	—	5:50	—	—	5:50	—	—	5:51	—
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	ESE 5	ESE 10	SE 7	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	E 12	NNW 6	NNW 6	NNW 5	NNW 5	E 12
kJ	80	11	21	91	73	146	113	94	100	64	59	28	16	7	12	47	27	3	2	12
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 10	E 9	NE 10	ESE 12	SE 5	N 10	—	E 13	N 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 16	NE 14	E 13	NE 13	E 13	E 12	E 12	E 12	NNW 4
kJ	4	24	4	14	7	2	—	3	2	3	3	9	8	3	7	13	12	11	11	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 4	SSW 4	SSE 5	SSW 4	—	—	—	—	SSW 2	—	WSW 3	W 3	WNW 3	NW 4	WNW 6	W 4	WSW 4	WSW 4	WSW 3	SW 3
kJ	7	30	87	7	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	3	6	17	143	28	15	15	4	2
Sea °C	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Diff °C	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.5	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.5	+0.5	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6	+0.6

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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