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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	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Lyall Bay Wellington
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	5	6	7	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.5 W	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	10	10	10	10	10	13	18	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	12
Energy(?)	164	598	720	816	1424	941	748	1149	1292	623	295	2087	3600	7026	5213	4433	2925	1688	1607	1346	1034	970
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		1:09PM 1.50	1:03AM 1.54		6:35PM 2.51	1:48AM 1.40		2:30PM 1.22	2:47AM 1.34		3:02PM 1.23	3:18AM 1.44		3:48PM 1.25		4:30AM 1.37	4:52PM 1.28		4:48AM 1.50			7:36AM 2.07
Low Tide / height (m)				7:29AM 0.48		7:26PM 0.34	8:03AM 0.35		8:28PM 0.32	9:13AM 0.32		8:55PM 0.28	9:32AM 0.29		9:53PM 0.25	10:48AM 0.25		11:51PM 0.28	11:03AM 0.20	1:12PM 0.53	11:25PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	15	23	21	16	14	16	14	15	19	18	19	19	18	19	19	18	19	20	18	14
Low °C	16	17	14	20	20	13	13	15	12	14	17	18	18	19	16	18	18	16	18	19	18	13
Chill °C (?)	18	18	14	23	21	15	12	15	14	15	19	17	19	19	18	19	19	18	19	20	18	14
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.3 SSE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	0.5 N	2.5 W	1.5 W	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 S
Period (s)	12	12	7	14	14	14	13	9	10	10	10	10	13	18	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	0.1 SW	1.3 SE	1.2 NE	0.1 SW	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.5 W	0.6 SE	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.0 S
Period (s)	15	12	12	7	11	9	9	15	8	13	11	19	18	-	-	18	-	-	18	19	19	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	1.7 ENE	2.0 NE	2.1 NNE	1.8 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	5	6	7	6	8	4	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Thursday 12							Friday 13								Saturday 14
	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	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Araroa East Cape	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Araroa East Cape
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	0.6 NW	1.0 SE	2.4 NE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 ENE	1.2 SE	1.3 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	13	12	7	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	8	13	8
Energy(?)	235	231	361	386	227	538	1187	1389	1261	1796	1158	1094	1060	1381	1459	1462	1347	1039	748	597	686	676
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:42PM 1.47					1:14AM 1.33				1:23PM 1.28				2:08AM 1.32				2:12PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)						6:41PM 0.35					7:27AM 0.33				7:36PM 0.33				8:03AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	2
Temp. °C	15	15	15	20	20	24	20	14	14	14	18	23	22	23	20	19	19	19	13	22	14	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	20	20	24	20	13	13	13	18	23	22	23	20	19	19	19	12	22	13	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	1.1 SE	1.2 SSE	0.6 NW	1.0 SE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ENE	1.6 SE	1.8 ENE	1.3 SE	1.6 ENE	1.2 SE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	13	12	7	7	8	8	13	14	14	13	14	9	14	8	13	8	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.4 S	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.2 S	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 ENE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 SE	1.5 ENE	1.3 SE	0.9 ENE	1.2 NW	0.7 ENE	1.1 NW
Period (s)	11	11	10	12	11	9	12	13	13	13	8	7	8	9	9	14	9	14	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.2 NE	1.1 ENE	-	1.7 NE	2.4 NE	2.2 NE	1.9 NE	2.3 NE	-	1.7 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	-	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	5	5	5	6	-	7	7	8	8	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	5

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Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Araroa East Cape	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Te Araroa East Cape
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SE	0.8 SE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.8 ENE	1.0 SE	2.2 ENE	1.1 SE	2.2 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	11	10	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	8	12	8
Energy(?)	201	232	191	235	149	364	297	396	468	409	384	460	469	391	614	622	643	700	538	797	503	845
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												12:37PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)						6:31AM 0.35														8:09PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	12	12	15	15	15	14	16	17	18	23	23	21	22	19	18	18	22	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	14	15	10	10	15	14	14	13	15	16	18	23	23	21	22	18	17	18	22	17	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	1.0 ENE	0.8 SE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SE	0.6 NW	1.4 NE	0.7 NW
Period (s)	9	9	10	11	12	6	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 NNE	0.7 SE	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.7 SSE	1.1 SE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	5	11	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	12	12	12	12	10	9	11	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 NE	2.2 ENE	2.0 N	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	-	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	6	8

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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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