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

	Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shingles West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Back Beach Taranaki	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	1	5	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	2.5 NW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.1 S	1.5 S	1.0 S	5.0 NW	2.3 NNW	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	14	12	10	12	14	12	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	45	3167	3984	4791	2091	525	936	786	678	325	6360	2263	3639	2296	2816	1335	1332	995	1524	1007	1349	582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		1:50PM 1.60	2:14AM 1.45		2:52PM 1.48	9:15PM 2.96	9:22AM 2.85		8:59PM 3.05	9:19AM 2.98		9:34PM 3.13	9:39AM 2.75		11:08PM 3.24	10:29AM 3.37		6:03PM 1.37	6:11AM 1.43		6:50PM 1.34	7:57AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)			8:09PM 0.17	8:23AM 0.14			3:11AM 0.34	3:44PM 0.32		3:12AM 0.25	3:25PM 0.24		3:33AM 0.14	5:01PM 0.70		4:23AM 0.34		12:19AM 0.22		4:54PM 0.20	1:04AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	5	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	15	-
High °C	17	12	12	11	11	6	14	12	9	17	13	10	12	12	14	15	13	14	19	16	15	12
Low °C	16	11	10	9	10	4	11	11	8	12	11	7	10	11	12	13	11	13	16	15	14	10
Chill °C (?)	17	10	9	9	10	5	14	9	7	16	11	10	11	11	13	15	13	14	19	16	14	12
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	6:24	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	2.5 NW	1.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 W	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.0 S	0.6 WSW	2.3 NNW	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.4 NNW	1.9 WSW	1.9 W	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 W
Period (s)	9	10	16	14	12	10	12	10	12	11	16	11	14	13	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.7 W	0.8 NNW	1.6 WNW	1.0 NW	1.2 SSW	0.5 NE	1.1 S	-	-	0.4 WSW	1.8 NW	2.1 NNW	1.8 NNW	2.3 WSW	1.2 NNW	0.8 N	0.4 NNW	0.1 SW	0.2 NNW	0.2 WSW	0.3 N
Period (s)	6	17	8	9	9	9	5	14	-	-	14	11	10	10	13	8	8	7	24	7	22	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 W	1.7 SSE	-	-	1.2 NNE	0.8 ENE	0.6 NE	0.9 NE	5.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 N	-
Period (s)	4	12	11	7	-	-	5	4	5	7	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-

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	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Baylys Beach Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.9 SW	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	45	44	60	236	243	4935	4222	4913	5331	3918	3283	3294	3164	1256	1036	1175	1194	1136	726	1056	664	678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			1:50PM 1.60						7:59AM 2.71				8:05PM 2.65	9:20PM 3.12
Low Tide / height (m)	7:30AM 0.13				8:21PM 0.16		2:25AM 0.48				2:04PM 0.47							9:26AM 0.17				10:42PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	17	15	10	8	7	8	9	11	12	11	12	8	8	8	9	14	16	14	11	8
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	14	8	5	6	7	7	9	12	10	11	7	7	6	7	13	16	14	9	6
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	1.9 SW	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	14	13	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.2 NNE	0.4 SW	1.9 NW	1.6 NW	-	1.6 WNW	1.2 NW	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.1 E	0.6 WNW	1.0 NE	0.6 WSW	0.7 NE	-
Period (s)	6	6	12	5	7	11	10	-	9	11	-	7	-	-	9	-	13	5	6	14	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 SW	0.5 WNW	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 N	0.5 NNE	2.2 NNE	-	1.1 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	4	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	3	4	7	-	6	5

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	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Baylys Beach Northland	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	1	1	1	2	2	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	3.5 WNW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 S	3.0 WSW	1.8 SSW	0.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	11	10	10	12	11	6	14
Energy(?)	49	45	45	45	45	2777	2634	3506	3187	6002	2619	2823	3883	7073	5265	2674	455	409	173	2409	477	149
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															8:34PM 3.00						2:25AM 1.36	3:06AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		7:30AM 0.13																		1:33AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	16	16	16	12	11	11	14	13	12	12	14	10	9	12	9	9	7	13	9	11
Chill °C (?)	13	14	16	16	14	10	9	8	12	11	10	9	12	7	6	9	5	5	4	11	5	8
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.1 WSW	3.5 WNW	3.0 NW	3.5 W	3.5 W	1.3 NNW	1.3 NNW	4.0 W	2.2 NW	2.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	9	9	9	10	12	10	10	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	17	13	13	12	17	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 S	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.8 NW	1.9 W	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 S
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	13	18	12	17	8	8	18	18	8	16	-	-	7	7	15	12	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WNW	3.5 WNW	-	2.4 WSW	-	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.0 W	-	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 WSW	1.8 SSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	4	10	-	11	-	11	11	11	-	14	14	11	10	10	6	11	6	4

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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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