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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	Sat		Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Belt Road Taranaki	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Desperation Point Taranaki	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Shingles West Coast South Island	Elliot Bay Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Blackhead Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	2.1 W	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	4.0 S	5.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 NNE	1.2 SSW	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.8 E	1.0 E	1.8 SW	0.7 S	1.4 SSW	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	10	14	14	14	12	12	9	10	8	8	11	11	11	6	12	11	12	12	8	7	12	12
Energy(?)	662	1792	1333	1657	714	2294	4400	7444	2071	563	327	272	156	337	131	107	1018	432	839	74	616	1213
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:10PM 1.83	9:21PM 2.58	10:29AM 2.98		10:50PM 3.02	11:07AM 3.14		11:29PM 3.15	11:38AM 3.13		10:55PM 2.74	11:20AM 3.56		12:40AM 3.31	12:53PM 3.42		12:11AM 3.30	12:16PM 3.75		8:03PM 1.45	8:48AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		3:31AM 0.72	4:21AM 1.16	3:44PM 0.83		5:01AM 1.00	5:18PM 0.91		5:32AM 0.53	1:01PM 0.31		5:13AM 0.37	6:15PM 0.08		6:46AM 0.66	6:14PM 0.02		6:10AM 0.29	2:24PM 0.66	2:17AM 0.14		3:07PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	1	-	4	3	6	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	15	20	17	14	16	13	14	16	19	18	19	24	18	22	22	19	20	20	17	16	15
Low °C	19	10	16	16	13	14	13	13	15	19	16	17	21	17	19	22	16	19	19	14	16	15
Chill °C (?)	22	14	20	16	13	16	10	12	16	19	18	19	24	18	22	22	19	20	20	17	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-
Sunset	8:25	-	-	8:23	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:21	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:24	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	2.1 W	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SSE	2.5 E	2.5 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 NNE	0.9 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.6 S	1.8 E	1.0 E	1.8 SW	0.7 S	1.4 SSW	1.8 W
Period (s)	10	14	10	14	12	10	12	11	10	8	11	11	11	8	12	7	12	12	8	7	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.2 N	1.5 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 N	0.1 W	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	1.8 SSW	0.6 SE	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 E	0.9 NE	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.6 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	17	13	14	12	12	21	10	14	8	9	16	20	8	8	7	11	7	6	14	11	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	-	-	0.1 S	-	2.3 WSW	4.0 S	5.5 SW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 W	0.3 ENE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	7	-	-	8	-	12	9	10	8	-	-	-	3	6	3	3	-	-	-	6	-	-

	Saturday 14			Sunday 15								Monday 16								Tuesday 17
	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	Te Araroa East Cape	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Belt Road Taranaki	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Graveyards Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Breaker Bay Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 ENE	0.9 W	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	3.0 S	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	4.5 SSW	2.5 E	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	16	14	9	14	14	13	13	13	11	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	10	12	10	8
Energy(?)	253	775	1517	1275	1949	1174	1157	1392	1646	3384	1050	1436	1009	561	505	1538	1929	2137	3725	3304	4630	3031
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)								10:29AM 2.98		5:26PM 1.31	9:40PM 2.50					10:16AM 2.93						5:37AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)						4:21AM 1.16								5:01AM 1.00				4:06PM 0.66		11:04PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-
Temp. °C	20	18	15	15	12	10	15	20	21	16	17	14	14	13	13	16	17	19	15	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	20	18	14	14	11	8	14	20	21	16	17	13	14	12	12	16	17	19	15	11	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47
Sunset	-	8:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 ENE	1.6 W	1.9 W	2.0 WSW	2.2 W	1.7 W	1.5 W	2.0 W	2.2 WSW	3.0 S	1.7 WSW	0.1 W	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	0.8 ESE	2.5 E	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	14	9	14	9	9	13	13	11	8	22	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.9 W	0.2 N	1.0 WSW	0.2 N	1.3 WSW	1.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	2.5 E	1.4 WSW	-	0.2 W	0.1 N	0.1 N	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.4 SW	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	1.1 SE	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	6	16	13	15	13	14	13	12	12	11	13	-	21	12	12	10	10	20	11	14	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 WSW	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	4.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	3	3	9	8	-	10	9	10	8

	Saturday 14	Sunday 15
	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	Te Araroa East Cape	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater 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	Shingles West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Fergusons Beach Nelson - West Coast	Belt Road Taranaki	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Graveyards Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Breaker Bay Wellington	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 ENE	0.7 W	1.9 W	1.6 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 ENE	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.4 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S
Period(s) (?)	7	16	15	8	15	15	14	14	15	8	15	9	14	14	14	15	14	9	8	7	8	8
Energy(?)	203	522	1642	754	1568	1559	1538	1538	1965	318	1829	1275	1768	1767	1961	1993	2193	2377	1626	686	2190	1499
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			3:58PM 1.23							10:48PM 0.35											10:00AM 0.71	10:24AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	18	17	21	17	16	16	15	15	18	16	15	13	12	12	16	15	18	14	13	14	15
Chill °C (?)	21	17	16	21	16	16	16	15	14	17	16	14	12	11	11	14	12	17	11	10	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.7 W	1.9 W	1.2 WSW	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.2 WSW	1.6 ENE	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 W	2.2 W	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.3 SW	0.2 E	0.7 E	0.2 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	7	16	15	10	15	15	14	14	15	8	15	9	14	14	14	8	14	15	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.6 E	0.3 N	0.5 W	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 E	0.6 E	1.0 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	1.4 WSW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	6	5	13	17	13	13	13	13	13	12	5	15	13	13	13	15	12	12	12	12	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NW	1.2 W	-	1.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSW	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	2.5 SSE	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 S	4.0 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	4	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	-	-	-	-	7	7	9	8	7	8	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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