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

	Thu	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25
	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	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Taupo Bay Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	6	5	4	4	4	4	2	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.1 S	1.5 S	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 NNE	1.2 E	4.5 NNE	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	11	14	12	12	14	14	13	10	12	11	14	13	12	13	12	12	14	14	8	12	10	12
Energy(?)	4012	4478	2246	1643	1386	868	1111	3572	5195	2713	3671	2407	1442	1690	1142	1297	1519	1231	1368	457	3775	668
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:22AM 1.68		8:20PM 2.93	8:42AM 2.86		8:59PM 3.05	9:19AM 2.98		10:35PM 3.24	10:53AM 3.17		10:11PM 3.43	5:40AM 1.35		6:18PM 1.19	6:54AM 1.36		7:30PM 1.60	7:31AM 1.37		7:53PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)	10:33PM 0.60	10:52AM 0.53	2:44PM 0.47	2:33AM 0.38		2:47PM 0.34		3:12AM 0.25	4:27PM 0.74		4:45AM 0.70	4:05PM 0.39		11:54AM 0.20		12:38AM 0.27		1:20PM 0.35	1:44AM 0.38		2:05PM 0.39	2:07AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	25	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	4	-	-	25	4	7	12
High °C	12	11	11	9	15	13	9	13	13	10	12	12	10	16	12	14	15	15	17	13	16	14
Low °C	9	9	11	7	9	10	7	12	12	8	12	11	7	16	12	14	14	14	15	12	15	9
Chill °C (?)	9	10	10	7	14	11	6	10	13	9	10	11	10	15	10	13	15	15	16	11	15	13
Sunrise	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:05	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 S	0.8 W	4.5 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 W	2.3 W	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	1.9 W	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	16	14	12	12	14	10	13	13	12	11	14	13	12	13	12	12	14	14	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.4 NW	-	-	0.1 E	1.1 S	1.0 S	-	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 NNW	1.5 NW	1.5 NNW	0.9 NW	1.1 N	-	-	1.3 NNW	-	0.6 NE	0.2 SSW	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	13	14	14	-	15	13	10	10	9	8	8	-	-	7	-	8	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	1.0 SSE	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.8 NNE	4.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	2.2 NNW	1.6 NNW	-	3.0 NNE	1.1 NE	4.5 NNE	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	6	-	-	3	3	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	8	8	-	8	8	10	4

	Thu	Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NNW	1.9 NW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.8 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	445	402	4170	6831	5257	3891	3278	3299	1538	1256	1025	1175	1029	1228	1096	1428	1203	1111	606	581	375	253
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					7:59AM 2.71					9:20PM 3.12			8:43AM 3.15			3:46PM 1.29				4:25AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		10:33PM 0.60	2:25AM 0.48				2:04PM 0.47							9:26AM 0.17				10:42PM 0.25				10:35AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	10	8	9	9	11	12	11	9	8	8	7	9	15	14	13	9	7	7	8	11	16
Chill °C (?)	11	8	7	6	6	10	11	10	8	7	7	5	7	14	12	12	8	4	4	6	9	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 NNW	1.9 NW	3.0 W	1.7 WNW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	8	14	10	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	-	1.6 NW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 NW	-	0.2 S	0.3 NW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.8 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.8 NE	0.5 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	-	10	10	9	10	-	7	10	-	9	-	-	5	15	14	14	14	14	6	14	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	1.2 NE	0.6 NE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	15	6	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	4	7

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	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 NNW	2.0 NNW	2.5 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.4 S
Period(s) (?)	8	8	16	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	15	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9
Energy(?)	458	445	4683	3813	4024	3688	3688	4546	4189	4135	3844	4147	3866	795	891	798	859	1037	1037	929	1067	984
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			8:12PM 2.75																			3:09PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)								1:48AM 0.54	2:47AM 0.97						8:34AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	9	12	11	11	11	11	7	6	6	9	9	8	8	9	9	11	10	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	12	12	7	9	8	8	8	8	6	4	4	7	7	4	4	5	5	8	6	7	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 N	2.0 NNW	2.5 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	11	8	16	17	17	16	16	10	13	13	13	15	15	12	12	12	12	13	13	-	14	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NE	0.1 NE	2.2 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	1.8 WSW	-	-	-	1.9 WNW	1.8 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	10	10	11	17	17	-	-	16	-	-	-	10	10	12	12	14	14	14	14	15	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NNW	-	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	2.4 S
Period (s)	8	-	-	11	11	11	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	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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