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 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Breaker Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	8	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 ENE	0.7 SW	0.5 WSW	1.4 W	1.9 W	0.7 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 SSW	7.5 S	4.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	0.6 SE	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	5	11	12	5	11	12	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	8	8	8	9	11	8	8	17
Energy(?)	173	198	146	235	880	269	1826	1630	1802	1592	3398	14906	6715	5834	1822	1360	1611	809	188	430	302	1254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:44PM 1.71			2:46PM 1.30				8:48PM 2.09	9:57AM 2.67	4:14PM 1.33		11:07AM 3.14		11:29PM 3.15	11:43AM 3.27		11:06PM 3.39	11:16AM 3.14		12:40AM 3.31	11:58AM 3.30
Low Tide / height (m)		1:10AM 0.83	8:41AM 0.36		12:17AM 0.70	9:52AM 0.33	3:01PM 0.84	3:03AM 0.55			10:30PM 0.27	5:01AM 1.00	5:18PM 0.91		5:37AM 0.86	1:45PM 0.60		5:04AM 0.16	5:20PM -0.05		5:48AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	20	19	16	14	22	17	14	19	20	15	16	13	18	15	17	15	20	20	18	21	21
Low °C	25	19	18	14	12	19	16	10	17	18	14	14	13	15	15	16	14	19	20	16	18	19
Chill °C (?)	25	20	19	15	13	22	16	13	19	20	14	15	10	18	14	17	15	20	20	18	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:46	-
Sunset	8:35	-	-	8:44	-	-	8:43	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:28	-	-	8:05	-	-	8:17
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.6 N	0.8 N	1.9 W	0.7 WSW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	3.5 SSW	0.5 E	2.5 ESE	3.0 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SSE	1.7 S	1.4 SSE	1.3 SW
Period (s)	8	11	5	6	11	12	15	14	14	13	12	15	12	12	10	12	11	11	9	8	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 N	0.2 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.3 ESE	-	-	0.9 E	0.7 SE	0.9 E	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.6 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	15	12	8	6	18	13	13	12	12	10	-	-	9	13	10	15	15	11	9	16	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	0.4 NNE	-	1.4 W	-	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	7.5 S	4.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 SSW	-	0.3 NW	-
Period (s)	5	4	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	5	12	11	11	8	8	8	9	8	-	2	-

	Thursday 12			Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Elliot Bay Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Weld Road Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	2.1 NE	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.4 NE	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 N	1.6 NE	1.9 NE	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	0.9 W	1.2 ENE	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.2 W	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	6	6	7	6	13	13	6	5	7	11	10	9	16	7	10	8	15	14	15	14
Energy(?)	276	251	610	314	539	286	287	319	230	213	575	880	766	626	834	245	860	1372	1182	1630	3581	1163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low
High Tide / height (m)		6:46PM 1.87					7:54AM 2.35								9:45AM 2.82				8:57PM 2.34	10:07PM 2.88
Low Tide / height (m)			8:04PM 0.33						2:28PM 0.97		8:59PM 0.32		3:35AM 1.31			11:19AM 0.80	3:04PM 1.09				3:17AM 0.67	4:21AM 1.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	4	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	23	21	21	22	17	20	22	20	24	20	13	12	12	14	21	23	21	16	13	16	10
Chill °C (?)	22	23	21	21	22	17	20	22	20	24	20	12	11	11	13	21	23	21	15	12	15	8
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	8:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:22	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 N	1.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.2 ENE	0.5 W	0.6 W	1.6 WSW	2.0 W	2.5 WSW	1.7 W
Period (s)	11	11	6	6	7	6	13	13	6	6	7	11	10	9	9	7	17	16	8	14	15	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 N	0.5 S	0.2 NNW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.6 W	0.9 W	0.9 NNW	0.1 N	0.5 WSW	1.2 W	0.2 N	0.1 N	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	4	5	10	10	14	9	15	11	12	9	9	6	6	12	16	6	13	13	15	13	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	2.1 NE	1.6 NE	-	1.4 NE	0.9 NNE	-	-	1.6 NE	1.9 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	1.9 S	-
Period (s)	3	3	6	6	-	6	6	-	-	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	10	8	-	-	7	-

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	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Elliot Bay Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Te Araroa East Cape	Waitara Bar Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Weld Road Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	0.4 WSW	1.7 NE	0.6 S	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.3 NE	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	1.5 N	0.9 SW	1.5 N
Period(s) (?)	11	11	5	5	7	9	11	11	14	6	10	13	13	13	13	6	13	11	13	6	13	6
Energy(?)	281	254	185	197	583	157	161	267	189	376	176	115	114	115	85	236	144	199	158	257	374	241
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							7:08PM 2.22									4:12AM 1.84			7:41AM 2.12	8:51AM 2.67
Low Tide / height (m)														2:37AM 1.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	2
High °C	22	24	25	25	21	20	21	21	19	21	18	17	16	16	16	20	19	20	18	17	20	18
Chill °C (?)	22	24	25	25	21	20	21	21	19	21	18	17	16	16	16	20	19	20	18	16	20	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 N	0.6 S	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	0.5 WSW	1.4 ENE	0.6 S	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.5 N	0.7 NNE	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	8	8	15	9	11	11	11	6	10	4	5	5	5	14	5	11	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 S	0.3 ESE	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SE	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 NNE	0.3 WNW	0.2 NNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	4	18	11	11	10	10	4	17	14	10	10	13	13	13	13	10	11	14	4	7	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	-	0.5 E	-	1.7 NE	1.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.3 NE	0.7 NNE	0.7 NE	-	1.5 N	1.0 NNE	1.5 N
Period (s)	3	3	5	5	7	4	-	3	-	6	5	-	-	-	-	6	5	4	-	6	5	6

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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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