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 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05
	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 North Island New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Ninety Mile Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	4.0 ESE	2.5 E	1.4 NNW	1.9 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	11	6	8	8	8	9	8	8	13	13	10	10	9	18	17	16	15	14
Energy(?)	1000	2408	2270	1976	710	541	568	187	252	336	199	339	446	888	717	825	587	985	1058	1112	923	887
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:31AM 1.56		3:17PM 1.82	3:55AM 1.66	7:27AM 2.75		7:52PM 2.80	8:31AM 2.91	3:49PM 1.38		4:35AM 1.58	5:01PM 1.49		5:08AM 1.65			12:12PM 3.47	6:57PM 1.51	12:42AM 3.40	8:54AM 2.39		7:29PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		8:12AM 0.31		9:37PM 0.19		1:44PM 0.57	2:12AM 0.37			10:07PM 0.06	10:54AM 0.08		10:35PM 0.01	11:34AM 0.05	5:15PM 0.08	12:04AM 0.01	6:01AM 0.65				1:14PM 0.02	1:40AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	5	13	3	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	20	18	13	21	25	18	22	25	18	20	17	16	19	19	18	21	23	19	22	22	18
Low °C	16	16	17	13	15	23	17	21	23	16	19	17	14	18	18	15	19	22	18	19	20	17
Chill °C (?)	17	20	18	11	21	25	18	22	25	18	20	16	16	19	19	18	21	23	19	22	22	17
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:46	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:32	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	2.3 S	0.2 SSW	2.5 E	1.4 NNW	0.8 SE	1.8 ESE	1.0 ENE	0.3 E	1.4 NE	0.9 NE	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	9	12	10	11	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	9	8	9	11	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.5 SW	-	0.1 S	0.6 W	0.8 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 SE	0.3 SSW	0.1 NE	0.8 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	6	12	-	15	16	10	11	8	9	15	8	14	13	13	21	12	12	12	17	16	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	4.0 ESE	2.3 S	0.4 E	1.9 ENE	1.3 NE	-	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 E	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	3	6	5	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	3	4

	Mon	Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
	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 North Island New Zealand	Loisell's East Cape	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	3.0 E	3.5 NNE	3.0 N	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.1 S	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	2.0 E	2.3 SE	2.0 N	2.4 NE	2.0 N	2.2 NE	2.5 N	1.2 NW	1.8 NE	1.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	11	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	11	8	11	8	10	9	8	8
Energy(?)	2039	2246	3149	2058	2408	1910	1399	1128	1783	1197	1378	1049	1689	1130	1157	1177	1049	1085	1453	503	722	214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-flow	low	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:55AM 1.74					6:43PM 2.72			2:39AM 1.46						8:51PM 3.11			4:55AM 2.10
Low Tide / height (m)	8:10PM 0.33					12:36PM 0.67			8:08PM 0.08				8:20AM 0.15		2:19PM 0.48				3:09AM 0.87		9:20AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	9	4	7	4	12	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	19	16	20	21	19	17	17	16	16	15	15	20	21	18	18	15	18	22	22
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	19	15	20	21	19	17	17	16	16	14	15	20	21	18	18	14	18	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 E	2.5 ESE	3.5 NNE	3.0 N	2.3 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.8 SE	1.5 ESE	2.0 E	2.3 SE	2.0 N	1.7 ENE	2.0 N	1.7 ENE	2.5 N	1.3 NE	1.2 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	11	8	11	8	10	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	0.7 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 W	1.0 SE	0.6 W	0.6 ESE	0.6 W	1.2 NW	1.1 SE	0.8 SE
Period (s)	9	9	-	-	12	12	12	12	11	9	9	8	9	9	15	8	14	8	13	9	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	3.0 E	-	-	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.1 S	0.9 NE	-	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	2.4 NE	-	2.2 NE	-	-	1.8 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	9	9	8	8	8	-	9	8	8	7	-	8	-	8	-	-	8	8

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	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 North Island New Zealand	Loisell's East Cape	Happy Jacks Gisborne and Mahia	Whakatane Heads Bay of Plenty	Hawai River East Cape	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	3.0 E	1.8 N	2.5 N	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	0.6 WSW	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	1.0 E	1.9 SE	0.5 WSW	4.0 ESE	0.7 WSW	4.0 ESE	0.7 WSW	2.5 N	1.3 ENE	4.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	10	10	8	9	9	11	7	8	8	8	6	6	8	9	9	9	9	10	8	9
Energy(?)	1177	1332	1207	1227	979	1000	894	127	610	1115	1622	1826	177	286	61	2163	82	2330	80	1753	406	2513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	on	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)						12:06AM 0.54							7:22AM 0.18						1:33PM 1.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	1	1	2	1	1	-	1	-	2	-	2	3	-	2	4
High °C	18	17	18	19	18	18	17	16	14	13	14	14	13	13	17	15	17	17	13	21	13	15
Chill °C (?)	17	15	18	19	17	17	16	14	12	10	11	11	12	10	17	13	17	16	11	21	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.3 S	1.8 N	2.5 N	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.0 E	0.1 E	0.5 WSW	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 WSW	2.5 N	1.3 ENE	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	9	10	10	10	10	11	6	12	12	12	12	6	10	8	12	9	12	9	10	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	1.7 ENE	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	-	0.2 N	-	0.2 N	1.3 ENE	0.5 SE	-
Period (s)	13	12	8	-	6	6	6	11	-	-	-	-	9	12	13	-	13	-	13	8	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 E	3.0 E	-	0.4 ESE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.1 S	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	0.8 SSE	1.9 SE	0.2 E	4.0 ESE	0.2 ESE	4.0 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	1.4 SSE	4.0 ESE
Period (s)	8	8	-	3	8	9	9	9	7	8	8	8	7	6	3	9	3	9	3	-	6	9

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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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