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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	Thu		Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thu
	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	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	6	7	4	2	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	1	3	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 N	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.9 NNE	3.0 NE	4.0 NNE	2.5 ENE	1.0 W	3.5 ENE	5.0 ENE	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.5 E	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	0.7 E	2.2 W	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	8	10	9	13	11	12	10	13	12	12	12	10	11	11	9
Energy(?)	1057	745	1094	1279	1209	3422	5713	1208	315	1902	7487	995	1685	697	1341	887	1056	149	996	96	105	80
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:13AM 2.18		12:57PM 1.47	1:42AM 1.52		4:45PM 2.20	1:46AM 1.49	5:25AM 2.37	3:22PM 2.16						2:49PM 1.42			4:48PM 1.67		3:02AM 1.96
Low Tide / height (m)		6:47PM 0.87	7:20AM 0.96		7:02PM 0.44	7:50AM 0.50		7:24PM 0.45			8:52PM 0.46						10:20PM 0.48			11:11PM 0.44	9:16AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	12	10	1	-	21	6	1	10	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	19	16	18	21	17	21	21	18	17	19	20	16	16	15	14	14	12	18	13	14	16	16
Low °C	18	14	15	19	17	19	20	17	15	18	18	16	14	13	14	13	10	16	13	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	19	15	18	21	17	21	21	18	17	18	19	15	16	15	13	13	10	17	12	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:33	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	5:57	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:02	-	-	5:51
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 N	1.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.9 NNE	3.0 NE	4.0 NNE	2.0 E	1.0 W	0.1 S	5.0 ENE	0.4 WSW	2.0 W	1.5 E	2.0 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	0.7 E	2.2 W	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	8	14	14	13	13	14	8	10	9	13	18	12	10	13	12	12	12	10	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.0 WSW	0.5 NW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.6 W	0.1 SW	-	0.4 NW	1.0 W	0.8 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NNW	0.1 S	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 E
Period (s)	9	15	14	13	13	13	-	-	12	12	-	13	16	14	13	12	13	13	12	6	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	-	3.5 ENE	-	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	-	0.3 NW	0.9 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	9	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	3	4

	Thursday 09			Friday 10								Saturday 11								Sunday 12
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Coopers Beach Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	6	5	8	7	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.7 WSW	2.5 NE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NE	2.3 NNE	1.7 E	4.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	15	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	14	15	14	14	8	8
Energy(?)	2030	2190	2153	1625	1552	1438	1094	1368	1183	2365	1550	1209	3395	4183	1929	1027	5713	4100	7038	6950	1388	1011
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	12:37PM 2.15				12:51AM 1.55								12:53AM 1.48				1:06PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			6:47PM 0.87								7:02PM 0.44				7:10AM 0.52				7:35PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	18	18	18	15	21	19	20	18	17	17	17	20	18	21	20	20	20	18	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	18	18	18	15	21	19	20	18	17	16	16	20	18	21	20	20	20	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 NNE	1.9 NNE	2.0 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.6 WSW	1.8 N	1.7 WSW	2.5 NE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NE	2.3 NNE	1.7 E	4.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	15	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	14	15	14	14	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.5 NW	0.3 NNW	0.5 NW	0.3 NW	1.5 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	14	14	13	12	10	13	13	13	-	5	-	-	-	-	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	1.6 E	-	-	1.8 E	1.7 E	-	1.4 E	-	-	-	-	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	10	-	-	10	10	-	10	-	-	-	-	8	8

	Thursday 09											Friday 10
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Coopers Beach Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	6	5	8	7	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.9 NNE	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.3 NNE	0.7 WSW	2.0 N	1.0 WSW	2.0 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.9 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.8 N	1.4 E	2.0 N	1.9 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	9	16	16	15	15	10	10
Energy(?)	2353	2249	2030	1077	1098	1151	429	1860	644	1731	1557	1729	2379	2392	1635	350	2012	1747	1913	1744	206	217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:37PM 2.15												12:04AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)									8:33PM 0.97										6:37AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	16	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	18	18	15	15
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	15	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	18	18	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.9 NNE	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.3 NNE	0.9 W	2.0 N	1.0 WSW	2.0 NNE	1.6 NNE	1.9 N	2.0 N	2.0 N	1.8 N	1.4 E	2.0 N	1.9 N	2.0 N	1.9 N	1.0 E	1.0 E
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	8	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	9	16	16	15	15	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 WSW	0.2 NNE	0.9 WSW	1.4 E	1.3 ENE	0.2 NNE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.2 NNW	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	15	10	8	10	9	10	10	10	14	15	14	14	14	8	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4

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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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