North Island New Zealand Surf

Detailed North Island New Zealand 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 North Island New Zealand. 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 North Island New Zealand. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in North Island New Zealand over the next 7 days. Surf photos from North Island New Zealand and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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North Island New Zealand Wavefinder

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	Mon		Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Maori Bay Auckland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Scott Point Northland	Muriwai Beach Auckland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Bowentown Bar Bay of Plenty	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Marokopa Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	5	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.2 WNW	3.0 WNW	1.2 SSE	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	0.4 SSE	2.4 SW	1.1 N	1.1 NNE	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	2.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	10	8	10	11	12	20	18	17	9	15	7	8	12	12	12	12	11	10	7
Energy(?)	312	656	561	869	1197	315	1151	755	1128	1307	1632	62	2974	187	249	2251	1340	1211	1528	938	731	958
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		12:25AM 3.18	7:57AM 1.48		8:17PM 1.31	8:41AM 1.47		10:09PM 1.36	9:31AM 1.42		9:54PM 1.27		3:49PM 3.01	3:57AM 2.61			11:22PM 1.35	5:11AM 2.68	4:16PM 2.31		5:55AM 2.58	6:21PM 2.69
Low Tide / height (m)				2:20PM 0.28	2:24AM 0.27		3:04PM 0.28			3:56PM 0.25		9:39AM 1.05		9:48PM 0.49	9:16AM 0.59	5:15PM 0.22		11:21AM 0.76		11:40PM 0.53	12:05PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	mod. rain	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	15	4	1	5	6	3
High °C	18	20	23	17	19	23	17	17	20	20	18	19	19	18	20	14	12	14	19	15	16	17
Low °C	17	18	22	16	17	20	15	17	19	20	17	17	19	14	17	14	12	14	15	13	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	20	23	17	19	23	16	17	20	20	18	19	19	18	20	13	11	13	19	14	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-
Sunset	9:00	-	-	9:12	-	-	9:06	-	-	8:42	-	-	8:43	-	-	9:09	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.2 WNW	-	1.2 SSE	1.3 NW	1.3 W	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	0.5 NE	2.4 SW	1.1 N	1.1 NNE	3.0 W	2.2 W	2.0 W	2.2 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.2 S
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	-	10	10	9	11	10	10	6	15	7	8	12	12	12	12	11	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.6 NE	0.7 NNE	0.1 N	-	0.2 ENE	1.0 W	1.3 WSW	1.0 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.5 WSW	0.4 SSE	1.7 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 NNW	0.3 WSW	1.1 WNW
Period (s)	9	6	7	15	-	12	10	12	7	7	17	9	7	13	13	-	20	18	18	6	16	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	1.1 NNE	-	-	3.0 WNW	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	-	0.4 WSW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	1.4 NW	-	-	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	3	6	-	-	8	-	11	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	7	-	-	-	6	-	-	7

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	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anaura Bay East Cape	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.9 SW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.5 WSW	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	0.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	18
Energy(?)	235	218	643	656	641	746	561	351	500	561	554	892	869	770	1021	253	234	1010	772	1253	1154	1136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			7:33PM 1.32				7:57AM 1.48				8:25PM 1.27		2:06AM 3.08								2:24AM 2.71
Low Tide / height (m)		6:18PM 0.77			1:40AM 0.27				2:29PM 0.28						7:01AM 0.40		3:04PM 0.28		7:24PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	16	19	18	19	20	23	23	20	19	17	13	13	14	15	23	23	16	18	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	20	16	19	18	19	20	23	23	20	19	17	13	12	14	15	23	23	15	18	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	8:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:08	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 SW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.2 WNW	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.6 WNW	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.7 W	1.6 W
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.5 NNE	0.1 N	1.2 W	0.7 WSW	-	0.1 SE	0.4 NE	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	9	7	6	6	5	6	7	15	4	8	6	15	10	12	-	12	7	10	12	9	9	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.1 N	1.6 N	-	0.3 NNE	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	5	6	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anaura Bay East Cape	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 S	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.0 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 NW	1.0 SW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	10	10	10	11	11	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	7	10	8	7	8
Energy(?)	232	250	312	368	401	430	498	195	643	622	617	31	31	105	186	660	695	269	264	559	361	417
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)							7:33PM 1.32	8:45PM 1.38					1:26AM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	17	18	17	18	17	16	17	17	17	13	15	17	18	20	20	17	20	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	20	17	16	18	17	18	17	16	17	17	17	11	13	16	18	20	20	16	20	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.0 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.2 NNW	1.0 SW	1.8 WNW	1.8 WNW	1.9 WNW
Period (s)	9	11	10	10	10	11	11	9	11	11	11	7	7	10	10	11	11	12	10	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.5 W	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.1 N	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	10	10	7	12	5	6	16	15	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.4 ENE	1.3 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.2 NNE	1.0 N	1.0 N	0.9 NNW	1.1 WNW	1.2 N	1.4 N	1.6 NW	1.1 WNW	1.4 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	5	7	-	-

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Auckland	Hawkes Bay	Raglan and West Waikato
Coromandel	Kaikoura and Marlborough	Taranaki
East Cape	Nelson Tasman Bay	Wairarapa
Gisborne and Mahia	Nelson West Coast	Wanganui Manawatu
Great Barrier Island	Northland	Wellington

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