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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	Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tue
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	1.8 NE	2.4 E	1.4 NNW	1.4 N	1.7 ESE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	0.4 WSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	11	11	9	8	8	11	7	14	13	11	10	10	9	18	16	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	2677	493	1903	662	707	461	148	311	96	89	369	428	544	710	592	631	1105	1074	1239	1210	882	934
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:43PM 2.72		7:27AM 2.75	2:57PM 1.44			3:33PM 1.48	4:00AM 1.71			10:35PM 3.07	5:26AM 1.65		11:50PM 3.38	12:12PM 3.47	6:18PM 1.58		7:58AM 1.70		8:50PM 1.74	10:28AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)	12:34PM 0.68		1:09AM 0.48			9:47PM 0.10	9:53AM 0.11		9:37PM 0.05	10:13AM 0.39	4:21PM 0.20		11:47AM 0.04	5:34PM 0.59		6:01AM 0.65		12:30AM -0.02		3:45PM 0.29	2:46AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	22	-	7	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	6	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	13	20	20	17	23	22	15	23	16	15	20	20	18	20	20	18	21	21	18	20
Low °C	15	22	13	17	19	16	21	21	14	20	15	15	18	19	15	19	20	16	20	20	15	19
Chill °C (?)	20	22	11	20	20	17	23	22	15	23	15	15	20	20	18	20	20	18	21	21	18	20
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	8:34	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	1.1 SSE	2.4 E	1.4 NNW	1.4 N	1.7 ESE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	0.7 W	0.7 ENE	1.0 W	1.0 W	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	9	8	10	11	11	9	8	8	5	7	6	8	11	10	10	9	12	11	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 W	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 NNE	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 W	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 S	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.7 N
Period (s)	12	12	14	16	15	11	8	10	8	8	14	13	7	12	12	8	18	16	11	11	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	1.8 NE	2.5 S	0.5 E	-	0.3 N	-	0.8 N	-	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.4 SE	1.3 S	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	-	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	9	8	3	-	2	-	8	-	3	6	3	7	7	-	-	-	-	10	6	-	5

	Tuesday 30					Wednesday 31								Thursday 01								Fri
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Loisell's East Cape	Arataki Bay of Plenty
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 S	2.3 ESE	2.2 NE	1.6 NE	2.2 E	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 NNW	2.3 NNW	2.5 NE	2.0 N	2.1 N	2.2 N	1.5 NE	0.9 ENE	1.9 NNE	1.3 NE	1.8 NNE	1.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	11	11	8	11	11	10	8	8	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	2677	1787	1563	1211	1027	1041	1120	1546	1224	1012	1212	1349	1502	1041	1117	1209	421	225	542	228	722	215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:43PM 2.72			2:39AM 1.46													6:02PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)		12:34PM 0.68			8:15PM 0.12				8:20AM 0.15		2:19PM 0.48		9:10PM 0.09		3:09AM 0.87		9:20AM 0.11					12:17AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	20	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	15	20	21	19	16	17	16	14	14	15	20	20	18	16	16	15	17	16	25	22	18	16
Chill °C (?)	14	20	21	19	16	17	16	12	13	15	20	20	18	15	16	15	17	16	25	22	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	2.3 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.6 ESE	2.2 E	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 NNW	2.3 NNW	1.8 ENE	2.0 N	2.1 N	2.2 N	1.1 SE	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.5 NE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	11	11	8	11	11	10	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 N	1.0 S	0.7 S	1.1 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.7 W	0.7 WSW	1.1 SE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.2 S	0.9 SE	0.3 ENE	0.1 NE	0.2 SSE	0.6 N
Period (s)	12	12	12	6	8	9	10	10	10	10	15	15	8	13	13	13	8	8	9	15	10	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.2 S	-	2.2 NE	1.6 NE	2.0 S	-	-	-	-	2.5 NE	-	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	1.5 NE	0.5 SSW	1.9 NNE	-	1.8 NNE	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	-	9	8	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	4	5	8	3	7	-	8	-

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	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Loisell's East Cape	Arataki Bay of Plenty
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.1 S	4.0 ESE	1.7 ENE	4.0 ESE	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	3.0 ESE	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.2 NE	2.5 NNE	1.8 NE	2.4 NNE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	18	18	18	10	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	2850	2766	2677	896	2436	505	2336	413	488	462	77	77	1285	152	141	140	1627	1903	991	965	651	949
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																					3:31AM 1.61	4:35AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	7	8	6	2	3	-	-	7	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	16	15	21	18	13	13	13	19	19	17	14	14	13	13	13	17	19	16	19
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	15	13	21	18	11	12	11	19	19	17	12	12	11	11	11	17	19	16	19
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:46	9:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 S	0.1 SW	1.7 ENE	0.3 SSE	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	3.0 ESE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.3 E	2.4 E	1.3 ENE	0.1 N	0.9 SSE	0.3 N
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	12	9	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	15	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 NE	-	1.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.1 SW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.7 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	12	6	-	8	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	18	18	18	15	14	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	0.4 SE	4.0 ESE	-	4.0 ESE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.3 S	2.5 S	2.2 NE	2.5 NNE	1.8 NE	2.4 NNE
Period (s)	9	9	9	3	9	-	9	6	6	6	2	2	-	3	3	3	8	8	9	9	9	9

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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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