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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	Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tue
	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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Takou Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Raupo Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Tapuaetahi Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	The Bluff-South Side Northland	Karekare Auckland	Maori Bay Auckland	Herbertville Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Herangi Beach Northland	Shingles West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	0.5 N	0.5 E	2.4 NE	3.0 ENE	1.6 WSW	2.2 ENE	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	0.8 SW	3.0 NW	0.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	11	13	10	16	13	9	10	8	13	13	12	12	9	9	11	12	9	11
Energy(?)	1088	224	189	1729	2275	924	1218	1133	1431	1680	1332	954	1494	1604	862	663	376	312	361	385	1717	257
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:45PM 2.86	3:19AM 2.60		2:30PM 2.81	1:17AM 2.01	12:41PM 2.18	2:05PM 2.49	1:43AM 1.66		3:19PM 2.09	3:00AM 1.71		3:48PM 2.34		7:19AM 2.74	6:35PM 2.48		4:40AM 2.09		7:21PM 2.86	8:00AM 2.91
Low Tide / height (m)			9:07PM 0.25	8:11AM 0.30		7:03PM 0.48	6:19AM 0.53		7:36PM 0.33	7:52AM 0.35		8:52PM 0.39	8:39AM 0.41		9:59PM 0.68			12:57AM 0.75	10:43AM 0.96	1:15PM 1.13	1:41AM 0.96
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	heavy rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	-
High °C	18	21	18	23	22	16	23	20	15	20	14	17	19	20	18	21	16	16	23	20	17	22
Low °C	17	20	16	20	22	15	21	19	11	17	14	13	16	19	16	20	16	15	21	20	14	21
Chill °C (?)	18	21	18	23	22	15	23	20	14	20	13	16	19	20	18	21	15	16	23	20	16	22
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	8:29	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:34	-	-	9:05	-	-	8:35	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	0.5 N	0.8 NNE	2.4 NE	3.0 ENE	1.6 WSW	2.2 ENE	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.5 W	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	0.8 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	12	13	8	12	11	13	10	12	13	13	10	8	13	13	12	12	9	9	11	12	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	1.1 SW	0.6 N	1.2 SW	0.1 NW	0.2 NNW	0.4 NNW	0.9 WSW	-	0.2 NNW	-	-	0.4 NE	0.3 ENE	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	-	0.7 NE
Period (s)	10	11	13	15	14	6	16	16	16	16	16	13	-	14	-	-	8	8	6	7	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	2.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.3 NNW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 NNE	3.0 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	9	-	-	-	-	3	4	2	3	-	5	9	3

	Tuesday 09					Wednesday 10								Thursday 11								Fri
	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	Karekare Auckland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Takou Bay Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Pakiri beach Northland	Raupo Bay Northland	Karikari Beach Northland	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Tapuaetahi Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 W	2.0 NE	1.9 NNE	3.0 NE	2.2 NE	2.0 NE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.2 NE	3.0 ENE	1.9 NE	1.7 W	1.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.2 E	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	12	15	10	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1222	924	875	684	586	1119	1441	2819	1518	1131	3731	2118	1236	1941	1561	1243	1053	1086	1810	1256	1561	1718
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:47PM 2.83			12:25AM 2.08				12:16PM 2.37	1:37PM 2.25				1:36AM 2.34	4:29AM 2.96			1:27PM 2.39
Low Tide / height (m)	8:05AM 0.41				8:03PM 0.30			6:44AM 0.43									9:25AM 0.59				9:47PM 0.94
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	17	18	22	19	16	16	16	19	21	23	22	17	16	16	12	19	20	23	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	21	17	18	22	19	15	16	15	19	21	23	22	17	15	15	12	19	20	23	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 W	2.0 NE	1.9 NNE	3.0 NE	2.2 NE	2.0 NE	2.4 ENE	0.4 N	2.2 NE	3.0 ENE	1.9 NE	1.7 W	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.0 ENE	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	14	12	12	10	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 W	1.2 WNW	1.1 NW	0.8 W	-	0.4 E	0.9 E	0.2 N	0.6 E	0.4 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.5 N	0.4 NNE	1.7 E	0.4 NNW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 N	1.2 SW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	11	10	10	9	-	14	12	13	12	14	16	15	13	17	10	13	7	15	16	12	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	2.2 E	1.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	6	10	5	6	6

	Tuesday 09																Wednesday 10
	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	Karekare Auckland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Takou Bay Northland	Te Araroa East Cape	Tauranga Bay Northland	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty	Pakiri beach Northland	Raupo Bay Northland	Karikari Beach Northland	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Tapuaetahi Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 N	0.6 E	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	0.4 ENE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 NE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	12	13	14	13	11	13	7	7	14	8	8	12	11	11	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1046	992	1088	729	620	141	226	224	88	97	213	298	113	404	426	501	693	637	1462	568	559	481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						12:03PM 2.28														2:07AM 3.20
Low Tide / height (m)		8:32AM 0.28										6:08PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	17	22	22	20	22	20	21	20	20	20	19	18	18	15	18	18	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	18	16	17	22	22	20	22	20	21	20	20	20	19	18	18	15	18	18	15	16	16	16
Sunrise	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.4 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 NE	0.6 E	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.4 N	1.1 NE	1.2 NE	0.4 ENE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.3 NE	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	12	10	12	13	12	6	14	13	11	13	7	7	10	8	8	12	11	11	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	1.4 WSW	1.3 WNW	1.0 W	1.0 W	0.5 N	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.4 ENE	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.7 NW	0.9 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	11	12	10	10	11	13	10	11	14	11	13	13	14	13	13	9	10	10	14	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 N	1.0 NE	-	0.6 NE	-	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	6	-	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4

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