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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sunday 29			Monday 30			Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01
	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Aropaonui Hawkes Bay	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 WSW	1.7 NNW	1.1 SW	4.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	3.0 NNW	1.9 E	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 SE	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	16	12	14	10	10	10	10	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	9	14	14	14	11	11
Energy(?)	639	1271	531	4196	1807	1334	1756	1057	1115	673	638	620	682	243	2448	3602	1474	1120	1747	3176	1319	1518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross	off	off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:16AM 2.83	5:44PM 2.33		6:09AM 2.53	5:02PM 2.02	7:23PM 2.22	7:32AM 2.58		7:10PM 2.08	9:01AM 2.98	5:21PM 1.76		5:49AM 2.12	6:21PM 2.15	3:44AM 1.94	4:03AM 1.57	4:28PM 1.47		10:17AM 3.41
Low Tide / height (m)	10:44PM 0.63	11:42AM 1.16		12:13AM 0.97	12:32PM 0.73		1:31AM 0.72		1:05PM 0.89	1:20AM 0.57			11:35PM 0.36	12:15PM 0.40		9:32PM 0.43	10:21AM 0.14		11:10PM 0.16	4:10AM 0.41	5:25PM 0.64	12:42AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	2	17	14	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	15	20	20	23	19	18	21	23	21	25	25	20	24	20	18	11	17	14	20	16	13
Low °C	15	14	19	19	21	19	18	17	22	20	23	21	18	21	19	17	11	14	14	16	13	12
Chill °C (?)	18	14	20	20	23	18	17	21	23	21	25	25	20	24	20	18	9	17	13	20	16	12
Sunrise	-	7:43	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:12	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.7 NNW	1.1 SW	-	3.0 NE	0.1 S	0.6 W	1.9 E	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.0 SE	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	0.5 ESE	1.9 S	3.0 S	2.3 SSW	2.0 S
Period (s)	16	12	14	-	10	16	15	11	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	-	10	14	14	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 N	1.0 WSW	0.6 WNW	-	0.2 N	-	-	0.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.9 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 NE	0.9 NNE	0.1 S	0.8 SW	1.8 SW	-	0.1 NE	1.5 S	0.4 SE	0.4 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	7	14	11	-	15	-	-	12	7	6	6	6	6	11	19	17	-	12	7	9	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 NE	4.5 NE	-	2.5 ENE	3.0 NNW	1.7 NNE	1.7 NNE	-	-	0.8 NE	1.2 N	0.4 NNE	-	-	3.0 WSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	10	-	10	10	6	6	-	-	6	6	3	-	-	9	14	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 26								Friday 27								Saturday 28
	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	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Moureeses Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Daniels Reef Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 N	2.1 NW	2.1 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NNE	1.5 WNW	2.0 NNW	4.0 NE	3.5 NE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NE	3.5 ENE	3.0 NE	2.1 ENE	2.1 NE	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	14	12	10	12	13	12	12	13	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	8	9	9	11
Energy(?)	870	506	692	1012	1113	1351	1556	2665	1226	1178	1394	4904	3583	2903	1116	3852	2759	1042	1215	676	1107	1021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	high	high	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)				5:11AM 2.65				5:30PM 2.49							3:05PM 2.10				1:45AM 1.54	7:00AM 2.94	7:57AM 2.86
Low Tide / height (m)		10:55PM 1.18								10:40PM 0.63			9:02AM 0.43			6:54PM 0.43	7:02PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	heavy rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	6	2	-	15	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	18	16	18	16	14	21	14	16	15	21	17	20	20	23	22	19	19	19	16	18	18	21
Chill °C (?)	18	16	18	16	13	21	12	15	14	21	16	20	20	23	22	19	19	19	16	18	18	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 N	1.5 N	2.5 NNE	2.1 NNW	3.0 NNW	2.1 NNE	1.5 WNW	3.0 N	3.5 NE	3.5 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 WNW	2.3 NW	1.7 E
Period (s)	16	15	14	8	12	10	12	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 N	0.4 N	1.1 N	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	1.0 SW	2.0 NNW	0.5 NW	-	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.4 NE	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	8	14	14	10	13	13	-	14	13	9	-	15	14	16	15	15	8	15	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 N	-	-	-	0.6 NE	-	4.0 NE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	-	3.5 ENE	3.0 NE	1.8 N	2.1 NE	-	-	1.7 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	-	10	10	9	-	10	10	6	8	-	-	6

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	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	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	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Scott Point Northland	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Baylys Beach Northland	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Moureeses Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Daniels Reef Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Back Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 N	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	3.5 NE	4.5 NE	1.7 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	17	16	16	16	16	13	15	15	14	12	14	9	9	9	9	6	7	7	7	14	13	7
Energy(?)	503	429	487	590	632	295	489	741	23	311	493	2811	2587	1922	3242	270	267	336	549	409	229	318
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)									3:51AM 2.87		5:16AM 2.83						11:55AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)				10:50PM 0.88									7:57AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	1	-	4	4	3	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	17	17	18	17	18	20	17	17	15	18	16	18	18	18	18	15	15	16	17	16	14	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	17	18	19	16	17	15	17	15	17	17	17	16	14	13	15	16	14	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.3 N	0.7 SW	1.1 N	0.4 SE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 NNW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	11	16	16	16	16	13	15	15	6	12	8	12	18	18	12	11	11	11	13	14	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 N	0.6 NW	0.7 N	0.9 N	0.2 ENE	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	0.2 NNW	-	0.1 N	0.3 NW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.5 NW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	17	11	11	11	7	14	7	8	3	17	14	14	-	18	13	13	13	13	11	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 NNE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.9 ENE	0.4 ESE	4.0 NE	4.0 NE	3.5 NE	4.5 NE	1.7 ENE	1.5 E	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	3.0 NNE	0.6 SE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	3	4	3	9	9	9	9	6	7	7	7	9	3	7

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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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