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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	Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Mon
	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	Baylys Beach Northland	Mahia Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Wharariki Beach Nelson - West Coast	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Larsen Street West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Fitzroy Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	2.1 E	2.0 ESE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SE	2.3 E	1.9 ESE	1.3 N	1.6 N	2.5 NNW	1.1 NW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 S	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	6	8	9	9	10	9	10	11	8	8	11	15	14	10	12	10	10	15	7	17	16
Energy(?)	749	371	522	2547	2015	1972	1118	365	699	881	360	72	127	473	658	259	312	493	383	93	853	864
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:34PM 2.70		4:09AM 1.79	6:26PM 2.30	3:54AM 1.63		3:21PM 1.73			4:12PM 1.88	8:54PM 2.91	9:28AM 3.09	5:14PM 1.85		5:40AM 1.66	5:19PM 1.60		6:00AM 1.73	6:18PM 1.58		12:40PM 3.29
Low Tide / height (m)	11:21AM 0.95		12:04AM 0.54	10:14AM 0.49		9:34PM 0.18	9:35AM 0.47		10:35PM 0.15	10:14AM 0.16		3:10AM 0.25			11:05PM 0.03	12:00PM 0.06		11:39PM 0.00	12:24PM 0.04		12:37AM -0.01	6:27AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	8	20	13	16	-	4	-	2	4	12	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	18	16	19	13	16	17	15	18	22	16	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	17	18	24
Low °C	18	15	17	15	19	12	15	16	15	17	21	16	18	17	17	16	19	17	16	16	18	20
Chill °C (?)	17	14	17	15	19	10	15	17	14	17	22	14	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	16	18	24
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:13
Sunset	-	8:36	-	-	8:43	-	-	9:01	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	0.2 S	2.0 ESE	2.4 S	2.4 SE	2.3 E	1.9 ESE	1.3 N	1.6 N	0.2 W	1.1 NE	0.7 WSW	0.7 W	0.8 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	12	10	8	9	9	10	9	10	11	16	8	5	6	11	10	10	10	10	7	7	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.4 S	0.5 SW	1.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.5 S	0.1 N	0.6 W	0.1 N	0.4 NNW	0.5 N	0.4 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 ENE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	16	14	9	12	8	15	10	16	13	16	11	7	7	14	14	12	22	12	15	10	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SE	2.1 E	-	3.0 SSE	2.4 ENE	2.5 S	1.8 S	-	-	2.5 NNW	1.1 NW	-	-	1.3 S	-	0.4 SSE	1.4 S	0.5 NE	-	-	0.6 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	5	6	-	9	8	8	9	-	-	8	8	-	-	7	-	3	6	3	-	-	4	4

	Monday 29							Tuesday 30								Wednesday 31
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatea Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Mahia Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Hawai River East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 NNE	1.2 SW	1.6 E	3.0 ENE	3.5 ESE	3.5 N	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 NE	2.4 ESE	2.2 NE	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 N
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	11	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	10
Energy(?)	557	557	588	1397	663	606	1047	2588	2539	1075	1321	2107	1762	1126	1133	1387	2620	1444	1118	1045	743	1008
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		5:11AM 2.58							2:55AM 1.60								2:04AM 1.59				2:35PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)							8:10PM 0.33				8:16AM 0.51	12:34PM 0.68			8:15PM 0.12				8:27AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	1	15	7	3	1	1	-	9	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	19	20	22	19	19	18	19	17	17	16	20	22	15	18	11	13	15	16	15	19
Chill °C (?)	14	15	19	20	22	19	19	18	19	17	17	15	20	22	15	18	10	11	14	16	15	19
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.2 E	1.5 SSE	1.6 E	0.3 S	3.0 ESE	3.5 N	2.0 E	1.8 E	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.4 E	2.4 ESE	1.5 ENE	2.2 E	1.9 E	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 N
Period (s)	11	11	11	8	7	8	9	8	11	8	8	9	9	7	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.8 NNE	1.2 SW	0.3 NNW	0.2 SSW	0.4 S	-	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SE	1.2 NE	1.4 SE	2.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.7 W
Period (s)	16	16	16	11	11	13	12	9	-	8	8	12	12	9	9	8	8	10	10	9	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	1.2 E	1.6 NNE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ESE	-	2.2 ENE	2.5 ENE	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 NE	-	2.2 NE	2.5 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	1.2 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	6	7	8	8	-	8	8	9	9	9	-	9	8	9	9	7	-	-

	Monday 29
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Papatea Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Mahia Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Hawai River East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 E	1.7 WSW	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 S	0.4 N	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.2 WSW	1.7 S	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	7	12	7	7	13	13	4	5	11	7	6	5	6	8	8	8	8	8	9
Energy(?)	614	684	673	388	907	99	78	4	118	45	63	584	579	230	116	150	75	73	77	79	70	92
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							7:31AM 0.45											6:59PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	-	2	1	2	2	2	-	-	7	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	19	17	15	15	16	15	16	15	19	18	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	18	16	14	14	15	14	14	13	18	17	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.2 NNE	1.7 WSW	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE	0.1 S	0.2 E	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 E	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	13	12	7	7	8	6	12	9	11	11	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 N	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 N	0.4 SW	0.5 N	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.5 N	0.1 NE	0.1 S	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	4	4	13	17	6	8	13	6	13	12	5	5	12	12	11	8	8	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SE	1.0 SSE	2.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.3 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	1.4 E	0.3 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	3	5	7	4	5	4	4	3	4	5	7	7	6	5	6	3	4	4	4	5	-

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