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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Taupo Bay Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Elliot Bay Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Lyall Bay Wellington	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	2	3	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 NNW	4.5 NE	4.5 NNE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	0.8 WSW	1.1 ESE	2.4 W	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 S	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	16	12	10	10	9	9	9	10	13	12	13	12	14	13	12	12	15	13	14	14
Energy(?)	145	237	637	1365	3696	3668	1638	906	497	724	1166	734	435	574	2320	1603	1998	2350	328	2289	959	3017
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:19PM 2.65		5:16AM 2.83	5:47PM 2.31		6:21AM 2.38			5:51AM 2.19		8:12PM 2.54	8:59AM 2.46	6:11PM 2.23	9:33PM 2.44	6:22AM 2.18	6:12PM 1.93		6:48AM 2.27	4:09PM 1.90		5:24AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			10:42PM 0.63	11:42AM 1.16		12:18AM 1.27	12:45PM 0.67		1:06AM 0.77	12:14PM 0.65	1:50PM 0.66	2:18AM 0.66			3:38AM 0.46	1:00PM 0.53		12:34AM 0.36	12:51PM 0.41		10:40PM 0.14	11:43AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	6	15	12	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	18	16	20	20	21	20	17	22	21	20	16	22	21	20	20	19	14	15	14	17
Low °C	16	17	15	15	20	18	19	18	16	19	20	19	16	22	20	20	19	17	13	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	19	19	18	15	19	20	21	20	16	22	21	20	16	22	21	20	20	19	14	14	13	16
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	7:38	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.1 N	3.0 NE	0.3 SE	1.4 ESE	1.8 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 SE	1.0 NNW	1.1 ESE	2.4 W	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 S	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	16	12	11	16	9	9	9	10	13	12	7	12	14	13	12	12	15	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.8 N	1.1 WSW	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.3 NNW	0.9 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.3 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 ESE	0.5 ESE	1.4 S	-
Period (s)	6	17	7	14	16	-	15	10	15	15	13	7	13	12	8	21	19	17	10	10	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	4.5 NE	4.5 NNE	-	2.5 ENE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 NE	1.2 NE	-	1.5 NNE	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	10	-	9	7	7	6	7	-	6	4	-	-	-	6	-	-	-

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	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Taupo Bay Northland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Bland Bay Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Daniels Reef Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	3	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 NNW	1.9 NW	2.5 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	4.0 NE	3.5 NNW	4.0 NE	3.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	3.0 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	16	16	15	14	14	12	10	12	13	13	10	13	9	9	9	9	10	10	8
Energy(?)	214	285	276	306	870	506	720	1012	1365	1191	2117	3017	3175	5252	3521	4776	3748	1186	1106	3182	1075	1285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				4:45PM 2.87				5:11AM 2.65				5:30PM 2.49							3:05PM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)	9:17AM 0.60					10:55PM 1.18											9:02AM 0.43			6:54PM 0.43	7:02PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	8	4	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	20	18	17	18	17	18	15	15	21	16	17	16	20	16	19	20	21	21	21	20	16
Chill °C (?)	18	20	18	17	18	17	18	14	14	21	15	16	15	20	15	19	20	21	21	21	20	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 N	1.8 NNW	2.5 NNE	2.5 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	3.5 NE	3.5 NNW	3.5 NE	3.0 NE	0.2 N	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	16	15	14	8	12	10	12	13	13	10	13	10	9	15	9	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.1 NW	0.4 N	0.6 W	0.5 N	0.4 N	1.1 N	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 NW	0.5 WSW	0.3 N	-	-	0.2 N	0.2 S	0.1 S	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	4	11	7	16	7	7	8	14	14	10	13	13	13	9	12	15	-	-	14	16	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NNE	-	-	-	4.0 NE	-	4.0 NE	3.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	-	3.0 ENE	1.8 N	2.3 NE
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	-	9	9	9	-	10	6	8

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	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Taupo Bay Northland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Bland Bay Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Daniels Reef Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	3	4	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	3.5 NE	1.0 WSW	3.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	3.5 NE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	17	17	9	16	9	8	8	9	12	12	6
Energy(?)	260	310	145	118	227	167	176	288	216	217	262	307	309	2029	541	2113	1437	866	2203	135	112	200
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)																			1:40AM 2.27
Low Tide / height (m)				10:21AM 1.04										8:04PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	16	19	19	19	20	19	18	19	18	17	19	17	19	18	19	18	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	16	19	19	19	20	19	17	19	18	17	18	17	18	17	18	17	14	14	15
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.1 N	0.2 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	13	16	13	18	14	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 N	0.1 NW	0.4 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 SW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 WSW	0.1 N	0.4 N	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	4	11	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	15	6	5	17	18	7	15	19	18	18	14	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NE	-	-	-	3.5 NE	-	3.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	3.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.6 E	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	9	-	9	8	8	9	5	5	6

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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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