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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	Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Fri
	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	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatea Bay East Cape	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Graveyards Taranaki	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Paturau River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Houghton Bay Wellington
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	3	4	3	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.9 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.7 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 E	1.3 SE	1.6 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SSE	2.5 ESE	1.1 S	0.4 W	0.5 W	0.8 WSW	4.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	7	12	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	14	21	20	18	10
Energy(?)	500	2042	1390	1364	673	387	424	593	512	399	437	229	397	1504	1079	966	1301	667	235	278	825	3479
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)			9:19PM 3.02	10:52AM 3.05		10:00PM 3.16	10:17AM 3.38		10:18PM 2.23	10:33AM 2.38		10:25PM 2.13	11:29AM 3.59		11:03PM 2.18	12:24PM 3.15		7:45PM 1.34	12:49PM 3.00		1:18AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)		3:13PM 1.02	3:31AM 0.87	4:45AM 1.23	4:02PM 0.77		4:09AM 0.75	4:09PM 0.60		4:26AM 0.51	5:43PM 0.58		5:22AM 0.56	5:42PM 0.60		6:12AM 0.23	1:46PM 0.24	1:53AM 0.21	6:38AM 0.20	2:31PM 0.23	7:15PM 0.22	7:27AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	13
High °C	20	20	19	22	22	19	20	20	16	20	20	14	19	18	16	18	19	15	19	19	18	18
Low °C	19	20	18	20	19	14	16	19	12	16	18	12	16	17	15	17	18	14	19	17	16	18
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	22	22	19	20	20	15	20	20	13	19	18	16	18	19	14	18	19	18	18
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:44	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 N	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 NE	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	1.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	1.8 WSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	7	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	15	9	11	9	9	13	13	14	12	20	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.1 NE	0.2 S	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	-
Period (s)	14	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	18	8	14	14	14	13	18	11	5	11	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	-	-	-	1.9 SSE	0.4 NE	1.7 SSE	2.0 S	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 E	1.3 SE	1.6 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 SSE	2.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	-	0.4 WSW	-	4.5 S
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	7	2	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	-	5	-	10

	Friday 16							Saturday 17								Sunday 18
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.7 SSE	2.0 S	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	8	9	11	9	7	8
Energy(?)	547	1662	1868	295	612	2042	1325	1353	1283	1572	1088	1248	1219	1167	1058	790	530	579	217	535	593	669
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:00AM 3.09	10:09AM 2.93			9:19PM 3.02								9:03PM 1.99	10:12PM 2.70		5:15AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	3:19AM 0.75				3:23PM 0.89				3:11AM 0.66				3:52PM 0.89							11:33AM 0.31		4:47PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	19	21	15	19	20	18	19	19	19	20	21	22	21	20	15	12	12	16	13	20	19
Chill °C (?)	16	19	21	15	19	20	18	19	19	19	20	21	22	21	20	13	10	10	15	12	20	19
Sunrise	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	9	11	13	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 N	1.0 NW	0.5 NW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 NE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 ENE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	7	11	11	7	6	11	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	14	10	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	-	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	0.4 ESE	1.7 SSE	2.0 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	6	-	8	8	9	3	9	7	8

	Friday 16
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki
Rating	3	4	4	2	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.9 SSE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	7	7	14	7	13	13
Energy(?)	562	1147	1202	254	615	1662	1661	1537	1443	1423	1608	1447	1965	1965	1959	596	401	401	582	404	596	596
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								8:40AM 2.11													9:30PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)		2:48AM 0.99
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-
High °C	16	20	20	14	18	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	20	14	14	19	14	18	17
Chill °C (?)	16	20	20	13	18	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	21	21	20	12	12	19	12	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	9:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 S	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 WSW	0.1 E	0.1 E	1.2 W	0.3 ENE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	10	6	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	10	10	8	7	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 N	1.1 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 NW	1.2 SW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	1.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.0 WSW	0.1 E	0.9 NW	0.9 NW
Period (s)	7	12	12	7	7	11	11	9	9	9	11	9	11	11	11	6	13	13	14	10	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.8 WNW	0.8 W	-	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	1.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	5	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	7	6	6

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