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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	Wed		Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wed
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Taupo Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Wainui Bay Northland	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Beach - Stockroute Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Scott Point Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Loisell's East Cape	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Tora Point Wairarapa	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato
Rating	3	4	4	6	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	4	4	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 NNW	4.5 NE	4.0 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.5 ENE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SE	1.1 SW	1.7 NW	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.8 S	3.0 S	2.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	15	12	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	12	13	10	12	11	12	12	12	14	7	13	14
Energy(?)	237	491	1195	4329	5167	1414	1104	507	443	492	601	600	881	715	272	2189	2883	720	1361	517	2590	1469
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:29PM 2.46		5:01AM 2.44	6:05PM 2.77		6:35AM 2.61			7:32AM 2.58		7:20PM 2.55	5:45AM 2.35	5:56PM 1.75		6:42AM 2.39			9:03AM 2.35	4:09PM 1.90		5:24AM 1.45	5:42PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)		10:55PM 1.18	11:26AM 0.62		11:58PM 0.74	1:00PM 0.86	1:05PM 1.16	1:06AM 0.77		1:50PM 0.66	1:34AM 0.88	11:53AM 0.72		12:24AM 0.52	12:51PM 0.65	3:25PM 0.40	12:54AM 0.50			11:10PM 0.16	11:43AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	19	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	15	21	21	21	19	18	22	24	21	21	17	21	21	20	19	13	14	16	18	16
Low °C	17	16	15	20	19	20	18	17	18	22	20	20	16	17	20	19	17	11	12	12	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	17	14	21	21	21	18	17	22	24	21	21	17	21	21	20	19	12	13	16	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	7:38	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 NNW	0.2 N	3.5 NE	2.3 NNE	0.4 SE	1.3 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SE	1.1 SW	1.7 NW	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	1.5 S	1.9 SSW	0.6 S	3.0 S	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	11	15	12	16	10	9	9	9	10	10	12	13	10	12	11	12	12	12	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 N	1.1 WSW	-	0.7 NW	1.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.1 S	0.7 SE	0.8 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.8 WNW	0.9 NNE	0.5 NE	0.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.7 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	-
Period (s)	17	7	14	-	9	10	10	15	15	13	6	7	12	6	6	19	17	10	10	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 E	4.5 NE	4.0 NNE	-	2.5 ENE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.1 NE	-	-	-	1.3 N	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	1.8 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	10	10	-	9	7	6	7	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	7	-	-

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	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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Taupo Bay Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Bland Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Wainui Bay Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.6 W	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 NNW	2.1 N	2.3 N	2.5 N	2.1 NNE	4.0 NNE	2.5 NE	4.0 NNE	2.3 NNE	2.2 NW	2.5 NE	1.9 W	3.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	10	9	9	9	11	9	11	10	8	8	8
Energy(?)	321	306	870	506	692	1028	1418	1619	1775	2206	1205	5083	1229	4531	1414	1176	1029	1177	3463	1524	1150	1052
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	high	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)		4:45PM 2.87				5:11AM 2.65				5:30PM 2.49			3:11AM 1.88				3:37PM 1.95	5:40PM 1.96			1:45AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)				10:55PM 1.18				11:11AM 0.68							9:42AM 0.76	12:05PM 0.90
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	18	16	19	16	14	15	16	17	14	20	20	20	20	21	22	20	19	17	15	17
Chill °C (?)	18	17	18	16	19	16	13	14	15	16	13	20	20	20	20	21	22	20	19	17	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 N	1.8 NNW	2.1 N	2.3 N	2.5 N	2.1 NNE	3.5 NE	2.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.3 NNE	2.2 NW	2.5 NE	1.9 W	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 E
Period (s)	11	11	16	15	14	8	13	12	12	12	12	10	9	9	9	11	9	11	10	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.6 W	0.5 N	0.4 N	1.1 N	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	1.7 ENE	0.4 WSW	0.5 NW	1.0 NE	0.1 S	1.0 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.2 NE
Period (s)	18	16	7	7	8	14	14	14	13	13	-	9	11	9	10	13	8	9	16	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	4.0 NNE	-	4.0 NNE	-	1.6 N	-	-	3.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.1 NE	2.0 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	4	10	-	9	-	8	-	-	10	8	8	8

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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	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Taupo Bay Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Bland Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Greenmeadows Taranaki	Wainui Bay Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.3 N	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	0.7 SW	4.0 NE	3.5 NNE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	6	9	10	9	9	11	9	10	5	6	6	6
Energy(?)	223	240	321	284	364	378	291	364	379	384	11	2559	3350	2405	2786	173	3082	2995	147	282	308	306
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				4:45PM 2.87										2:08AM 2.22		4:03AM 2.56
Low Tide / height (m)										10:30PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	4	2	-	4	4	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	18	17	18	17	17	17	18	18	15	18	20	19	19	17	19	21	15	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	18	17	18	17	17	17	18	18	15	17	19	18	18	16	18	20	14	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 N	0.2 N	0.3 NNW	0.4 SE	0.2 NNW	1.2 N	0.2 NNW	1.3 NW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	18	14	13	15	7	14	12	12	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.7 N	0.2 ENE	0.2 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 NNW	0.2 N	0.8 SSE	0.2 N	0.7 SW	0.3 S	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	6	17	18	17	17	17	16	6	6	6	5	13	13	15	18	6	18	12	14	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	-	4.0 NE	3.5 NNE	1.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	9	9	-	9	10	5	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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