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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	Sat	Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21
	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	Tawharanui Northland	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Shark Alley Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tokatu Peninsula Northland	Kaitoke Beach Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach 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
Rating	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.4 N	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.4 NNE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	13	7	7	8	8	9	18	11	17	16	18	7	7	10	10	9	9	9	9	13
Energy(?)	218	166	97	129	85	55	81	98	82	88	118	125	206	227	250	692	599	465	332	246	209	171
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		4:49AM 1.68	5:05PM 1.60		5:42AM 1.74	5:51PM 1.67		6:31AM 1.83	6:57PM 2.30		7:23AM 2.47		7:59PM 2.12	8:21AM 2.24		8:45PM 2.21	8:51AM 2.64		9:30PM 2.29	9:27AM 2.14		10:16PM 2.33
Low Tide / height (m)	10:23PM 0.53	11:03AM 0.61		11:20PM 0.48	11:58AM 0.54		12:13AM 0.42	12:49PM 0.43		1:20AM 0.73		1:38PM 0.64	1:59AM 0.57		2:20PM 0.20	2:43AM 0.49		3:07PM 0.45	3:26AM 0.44		3:52PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5
High °C	18	19	20	18	18	20	18	17	20	19	18	19	19	18	19	19	18	20	19	19	20	19
Low °C	17	18	18	17	17	19	17	16	18	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	19	18	18	20	19
Chill °C (?)	16	18	20	17	18	20	17	17	20	19	18	19	19	18	19	19	18	20	19	19	20	18
Sunrise	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 E	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.0 E	0.7 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	17	8	7	7	7	10	10	9	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 NE	0.3 N	0.4 ESE	0.3 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	9	9	9	9	18	8	8	16	18	14	10	9	9	9	8	14	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.3 E	0.8 E	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.8 E	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	6	5	4	4	3	3	4	3	-	-	3	5	-	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	5	5

	Sat	Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Waikawau Bay Coromandel	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Shark Alley Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.3 N	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	12	12	7	7	8	8	8	12	8	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	190	218	159	147	166	141	184	132	58	57	55	99	85	72	55	71	48	81	89	113	98	95
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	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
High Tide / height (m)				4:49AM 1.68				5:05PM 1.60				6:06AM 1.96				6:18PM 1.91				6:31AM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)		10:23PM 0.53				10:56AM 0.60				11:32PM 0.92				12:02PM 0.84				12:22AM 0.76				12:52PM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	17	18	20	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	20	17	18	17	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	15	17	20	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	18	19	20	16	17	16	16	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	-

	Saturday 14				Sunday 15
	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	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Waikawau Bay Coromandel	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Tawharanui Northland	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Tawharanui Northland	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Shark Alley Great Barrier Island	Medlands Beach Great Barrier Island
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.4 N	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	241	190	190	190	218	159	194	194	85	84	84	147	147	148	166	165	83	186	183	184	184	180
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										4:56AM 2.15
Low Tide / height (m)				10:23PM 0.53													11:13AM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	20	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	16	16	15	15	16	17	17	20	18	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 N	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	13	13	13	13	8	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

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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