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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	Thu	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Graveyards Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Maori Bay Auckland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	0.8 ENE	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 SSE	2.4 W	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 W	1.5 W	0.7 WSW	1.0 W	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	10	8	10	14	13	13	10	9	9	14	14	13	12	9	9	18	17	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	540	243	1016	1887	1012	1369	3066	103	1283	1173	2547	2758	1942	1131	628	681	520	937	1948	1941	1630	1322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	on	off	off	off	off	on	cross	off	cross	off	off	on	off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		7:40AM 1.52		12:38AM 3.58	8:29AM 1.51		9:18PM 1.42	10:17AM 1.73	1:33PM 3.54	3:02AM 2.91		3:42PM 3.08			3:16PM 3.12	3:56AM 3.02		4:33PM 2.94		5:28AM 2.93	6:05PM 2.89
Low Tide / height (m)	1:15AM 0.40		1:59PM 0.17			2:47PM 0.15	3:33AM 0.12	4:02AM 0.19		8:54PM 0.22	9:28AM 0.88		9:59PM 0.95	9:38AM 0.53		9:38PM 0.96	10:21AM 1.13		10:51PM 0.59	11:47AM 1.20		12:26AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	21	21	17	14	18	19	16	22	16	16	20	20	16	19	19	15	19	20	19	22	19	19
Low °C	17	19	16	13	17	18	15	19	16	12	18	18	15	18	17	13	18	19	18	20	19	18
Chill °C (?)	21	21	16	12	18	19	15	22	15	15	20	20	15	19	19	15	19	20	19	22	19	19
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:29	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:10	-	-	8:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.2 N	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 SSE	0.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 W	1.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 W	1.9 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	10	15	9	8	13	13	10	14	9	14	14	13	12	9	9	9	17	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.7 ESE	0.3 N	0.1 N	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.4 E	-	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.3 NNE	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 S	0.9 W	0.4 S	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	5	10	9	14	14	10	9	8	-	14	8	13	-	-	15	11	6	9	7	8	7	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.3 WNW	2.4 WSW	3.0 W	-	1.4 SW	-	-	2.4 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	4	3	8	10	-	8	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	4

	Thu	Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 SE	0.6 E	1.1 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	16	11	10	10	9	15	9	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	606	540	574	1276	317	302	201	109	1120	1296	2663	2403	2293	1144	1369	2511	2931	3066	3224	2867	2642	2524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	7:05PM 1.89				7:40AM 1.52						1:53AM 3.29								1:20AM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)			1:26AM 0.15	6:10AM 0.29			2:24PM 0.15						7:59AM 0.66				7:14PM 0.38				7:31AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	19	17	18	19	21	22	22	18	11	13	13	14	15	19	18	16	16	16	15	17	19
Chill °C (?)	20	19	17	18	19	21	22	22	18	10	12	12	14	14	19	18	15	16	16	14	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.4 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	1.4 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.5 W	1.8 W	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	7	11	10	10	9	9	9	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.4 NE	0.8 ESE	1.3 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.0 SSW	-	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	8	5	11	16	10	10	10	9	15	13	9	9	9	12	10	-	9	9	16	17	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	-	0.4 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NE	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	4	4	7	-	4	3	2	8	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 19	Friday 20
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Riversdale Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.5 SW	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.0 ENE	0.8 SE	1.3 SW	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	12	12	16	12	12	10	11	16	8	7	7	7	7	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	190	442	439	1280	489	540	521	299	1119	667	466	456	446	365	865	863	857	754	750	777	783	783
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:05PM 1.89																	12:16PM 3.75
Low Tide / height (m)							1:50AM 0.15	2:22AM 0.19					7:21AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	21	19	19	19	17	20	20	16	15	15	15	17	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	21	22	21	19	19	19	16	20	20	15	14	13	14	15	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.5 SW	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.0 ENE	0.8 E	1.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.3 N	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	16	12	12	10	10	16	14	16	16	16	10	7	8	8	8	15	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.2 NNW	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	0.2 NNW	0.3 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.2 N	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	7	6	6	8	6	5	11	11	14	18	9	9	9	14	15	15	15	15	-	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.8 W	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	4	4	4	4	7	8	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	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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