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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	Wed		Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	Te Araroa East Cape	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Araroa East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	3	4	4	5	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 NNW	3.0 SSE	2.3 NNW	4.0 S	2.5 SSE	1.7 SE	2.3 SSE	1.7 W	1.0 SW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 WNW	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 W	1.1 SW	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 W
Period(s) (?)	7	8	9	11	12	10	11	11	12	10	11	13	13	11	11	11	10	13	10	13	11	13
Energy(?)	528	856	992	3822	1722	589	1260	890	641	1012	1002	1307	1346	1565	1676	1572	842	696	582	778	448	977
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:09PM 3.11	9:41AM 3.22	6:40PM 2.19		11:28AM 3.43		7:39PM 2.24	8:17AM 2.36	6:56PM 1.72	7:50PM 1.67	8:03AM 2.01		8:33PM 1.94	9:08AM 2.06		8:34PM 1.57	10:36AM 1.86		10:27PM 1.76	11:07AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)		3:26AM 0.06			1:07AM 0.44	5:16AM 0.55	1:09PM 0.27	2:02AM 0.40			2:06AM -0.04		2:32PM 0.01	2:46AM 0.43		3:08PM -0.02	2:46AM -0.00		4:35PM 0.05		4:52AM 0.05	5:30PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	9	4	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	22	11	18	16	14	24	20	16	21	16	17	22	21	17	16	15	18	21	17	18	21	18
Low °C	20	11	15	16	11	20	19	15	19	15	16	21	20	15	15	15	17	20	17	16	19	17
Chill °C (?)	22	8	18	14	13	24	20	15	21	16	17	22	21	16	16	15	18	21	17	18	21	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:41	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	8:13	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:59	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:58	-	-	9:01	-	-	9:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	2.3 NNW	0.4 NNE	2.5 SSE	1.7 SE	2.3 SSE	0.5 W	1.2 SW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	0.5 N	2.5 WNW	2.1 WNW	1.4 W	1.1 SW	1.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.6 W
Period (s)	9	-	9	9	12	10	11	16	7	10	11	13	13	15	11	11	10	13	10	13	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	-	0.4 N	0.3 E	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.4 NE	0.3 NNW	1.0 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 NW	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 W	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	15	-	20	8	9	8	9	16	12	14	14	15	-	-	15	13	13	10	10	9	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 NNW	3.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	4.0 S	-	0.4 NNE	-	1.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	7	8	5	11	-	3	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Te Araroa East Cape	Tokata East Cape	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Airport Rights Wellington	Three Points East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Loisell's East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	1	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	9	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	1.6 S	2.5 S	2.4 NW	2.4 NNW	1.8 WSW	3.0 SSE	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	2.5 SSE	4.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	2.2 SSE	1.3 SE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	10	11	10
Energy(?)	118	630	1054	783	1283	634	2233	984	1029	1194	9939	3037	3521	1344	1108	1167	576	1438	1070	588	649	529
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			9:09PM 3.11							4:55PM 1.71				6:10AM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)	3:55PM 0.63			12:09AM 0.48		4:23AM 0.58		12:38PM 0.59				11:52PM 0.21				12:12PM 0.02				12:51AM 0.18	1:09AM -0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	15	17	16	9	15	18	18	14	14	13	14	12	17	23	27	18	16	20	17	20
Chill °C (?)	15	17	14	17	16	7	15	18	18	14	13	12	13	11	17	23	27	18	16	20	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.5 NNW	1.2 NNW	0.5 E	2.2 NW	1.8 WSW	2.4 SE	2.2 NNW	2.2 NW	2.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	2.2 SSE	1.3 SE	2.4 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	7	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	10	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 N	0.4 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.1 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.5 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.8 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	8	12	9	15	9	15	16	9	10	15	9	9	9	9	9	9	5	16	16	4	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 S	2.5 S	2.4 NW	2.4 NNW	-	3.0 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	4.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	1.7 NNE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	-	-
Period (s)	-	8	8	7	8	-	9	9	10	-	12	-	-	-	-	3	6	8	8	4	-	-

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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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Te Araroa East Cape	Tokata East Cape	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Araroa East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Airport Rights Wellington	Three Points East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Loisell's East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape
Rating	1	3	4	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	9	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 W	1.5 NNW	1.4 SSE	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	0.8 W	2.5 SSE	2.3 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.0 S	0.9 NNE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.1 S	1.1 S	3.5 S	2.2 SE	0.7 NNE	2.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	6	6	9	9	8	7	9	9	9
Energy(?)	133	349	337	505	447	142	521	665	626	905	120	61	94	119	125	2153	740	127	376	2675	1448	1644
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					5:39PM 2.15											4:55AM 1.57		6:01AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)										10:01PM 0.62	11:15PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	18	18	22	21	15	11	19	18	11	15	14	15	14	14	11	10	13	12	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	16	18	18	22	21	14	7	18	17	7	15	12	13	12	12	8	7	10	10	10	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 W	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.8 W	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 NNE	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 ENE	2.2 SE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NNE
Period (s)	8	7	7	9	9	8	12	9	9	9	7	6	6	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.4 NW	-	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	7	7	15	15	7	-	15	15	-	9	9	9	6	6	9	16	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.9 NNW	1.7 NNW	-	2.5 SSE	2.3 NNW	2.3 NNW	3.0 S	0.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	3.5 S	1.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	5	6	6	6	6	9	5	8	7	9	9	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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