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			Thursday 19
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Dee Dees Wairarapa	The Box Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Weld Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	8	7	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	14	13	13	9	9	10	13	10	18	18	17	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	755	1158	1396	1606	818	1046	1204	720	395	2247	7789	8863	5606	4216	2758	1550	1654	1518	1232	721	417	587
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:02AM 1.40		1:38PM 1.23	2:08AM 1.32		2:08PM 1.29	2:40AM 1.35		3:56PM 1.65	3:26AM 1.36		3:31PM 1.80		4:02AM 1.47	5:41PM 1.35		11:12AM 3.28		10:38PM 3.11	10:54AM 3.30		11:31PM 3.36
Low Tide / height (m)		7:40AM 0.33		7:52PM 0.33	8:12AM 0.33		8:20PM 0.32	8:58AM 0.31		9:06PM 0.29	10:00AM 0.29		10:59PM 0.32	10:17AM 0.25		12:37AM 0.54	5:05AM 0.70	5:24PM 0.56		4:44AM 0.10	6:00PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	25	26	20	20	15	13	16	17	18	19	19	18	20	19	18	20	20	19	20	18	16
Low °C	14	20	23	19	20	15	13	14	16	18	18	19	16	18	18	16	18	19	18	18	17	15
Chill °C (?)	14	25	26	20	20	14	13	16	17	17	19	19	18	20	19	18	20	20	19	20	18	15
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.4 W	2.5 W	1.7 W	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	7	13	14	8	8	9	9	10	13	10	18	18	17	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.5 W	0.4 SE	1.2 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.4 N	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW
Period (s)	12	8	9	13	13	9	8	13	11	19	-	-	-	18	-	-	17	16	15	19	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	4

	Thu	Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	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	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anaura Bay East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anaura Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	2.2 NE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.0 SE	1.5 ENE	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	1.5 W
Period(s) (?)	7	8	13	13	13	14	14	13	8	14	14	14	13	13	13	8	10	9	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	1153	1459	1339	1879	1158	1085	1396	1460	1190	1327	1338	1004	818	781	645	740	1302	1204	1474	1858	1346	694
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			1:14AM 1.33				1:32PM 1.22				2:08AM 1.32				3:04PM 1.27		8:44PM 2.63				9:11AM 2.74
Low Tide / height (m)					7:27AM 0.33				8:20PM 0.80				9:00AM 0.42						1:53AM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	14	14	15	20	24	26	23	20	19	20	13	20	14	17	18	13	13	14	14	14	16
Chill °C (?)	20	13	13	14	20	24	26	23	20	19	20	12	20	13	16	18	13	13	13	13	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 ENE	1.2 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 SE	1.6 ENE	1.3 SE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	2.5 W	2.5 W	2.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	2.3 W	1.5 W
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	13	14	14	9	8	9	9	14	8	13	8	8	10	9	10	20	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 ENE	1.2 NE	1.6 ENE	1.7 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.0 ENE	1.1 SE	0.9 ENE	1.0 SE	1.1 NW	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 WSW	0.2 NNW	1.0 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	8	8	9	13	13	14	14	9	13	9	13	9	8	8	21	14	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	2.4 NE	2.0 NE	1.7 NNE	2.1 NE	2.2 NE	2.2 NE	0.4 WNW	-	1.3 S	-	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	-	-	0.4 SSE	3.0 WSW	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	6	8	9	8	5	-	6	-	6	4	5	-	-	6	10	-	-

	Thursday 12				Friday 13
	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	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anaura Bay East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Anaura Bay East Cape	Te Araroa East Cape	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 NE	1.3 SSE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.9 ENE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	2.2 NE	1.3 SE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	1.3 N	0.5 W	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.6 W	1.5 N
Period(s) (?)	7	12	7	12	13	12	12	12	8	13	13	14	8	14	8	8	10	12	10	10	13	10
Energy(?)	1009	743	673	753	978	696	763	734	736	823	1151	819	1017	816	1096	903	455	75	295	263	121	600
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							1:08AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	22	16	15	15	14	18	14	14	18	15	15	18	18	21	19	20	16	17	21	21	18	18
Chill °C (?)	22	15	13	14	13	18	13	13	18	14	14	18	18	21	19	20	16	17	21	21	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.2 E	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	1.3 SSE	0.9 NW	1.3 N	1.3 N	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.3 N	1.5 N
Period (s)	7	12	11	12	7	8	7	8	7	8	8	14	12	14	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.1 S	0.8 SE	0.1 S	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	0.8 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 ENE	0.2 N	1.2 NE	0.1 N	0.9 SSE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	8	12	7	18	14	12	12	11	11	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 ENE	1.8 NE	1.9 ENE	1.6 N	2.1 NE	2.0 NE	1.9 ENE	2.0 NE	-	-	2.2 NE	2.2 NNE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	-	-	1.1 N	1.1 N	-	1.3 N
Period (s)	7	6	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	-	-	8	6	8	8	-	-	6	6	-	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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