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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	Tue		Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tue
	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	Loisell's East Cape	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Anaura Bay East Cape	Back Beach Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 NE	2.3 E	1.4 NNW	1.4 N	1.7 NNE	1.1 ENE	1.4 NE	0.5 W	1.1 NE	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.7 SSE	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	11	11	8	7	8	11	8	14	14	11	10	7	9	18	16	16	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1255	1614	662	685	503	231	263	95	144	209	371	414	635	719	656	1023	1085	1138	1120	1040	931	494
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:39AM 1.46		3:54PM 1.64	3:13AM 1.56		3:27PM 1.53	3:50AM 2.17	10:07AM 3.04			11:20AM 3.38		11:28PM 3.14	7:02AM 1.68	6:18PM 1.58		7:58AM 1.70		9:54PM 1.85	9:43AM 2.37	1:39PM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)		8:23PM 0.12	8:47AM 0.14		8:53PM 0.10	9:26AM 0.12		9:32PM 0.37		4:21PM 0.20	11:11PM 0.04	5:08AM 0.72	5:15PM 0.08				1:01AM -0.00		2:35PM 0.38	3:56AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	heavy rain	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	8	1	-	-	-	4	-	1	-	15	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	13	21	22	19	22	21	15	22	18	17	19	20	15	20	21	18	22	21	18	21	22
Low °C	22	13	15	20	17	22	20	14	21	18	15	17	19	13	18	20	16	20	20	17	20	21
Chill °C (?)	22	11	21	22	19	22	21	15	22	18	17	19	20	13	20	21	18	22	21	17	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:47	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-
Sunset	8:32	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:38	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	2.3 E	1.4 NNW	1.4 N	1.1 NE	1.1 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.7 W	1.1 NE	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	8	10	11	11	8	7	10	6	8	6	7	11	10	9	9	9	11	16	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.1 NE	0.6 N	0.2 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 W	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.2 S	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 N	0.1 NW
Period (s)	12	15	16	15	10	8	14	7	9	14	14	7	12	12	8	12	16	11	11	11	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 NE	2.3 S	0.5 E	-	1.7 NNE	-	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.7 S	1.7 SSE	-	1.0 S	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	8	3	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	-	8	-	-	7	6	-	3

	Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31								Thursday 01								Friday 02
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Tora Point 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	Herbertville Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Charleston West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 NNE	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.0 N	2.2 NNW	2.5 NE	2.0 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.6 NE	1.0 ESE	1.7 NE	2.1 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	0.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	9	10	9	9	11	10	8	10	10	10	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	14
Energy(?)	3909	1464	1059	1579	1180	1497	1835	1059	1162	1235	1371	1018	1497	1684	505	242	530	652	535	201	310	295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low
High Tide / height (m)					2:16AM 1.48												3:55PM 1.46	4:28PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)			8:15PM 0.12				8:20AM 0.15		2:19PM 0.48		9:16PM 0.10		2:52AM 0.37							12:17AM 0.26		4:03AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	16	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	15	17	16	14	15	15	21	20	19	17	16	16	22	17	23	24	19	16	18	14
Chill °C (?)	17	18	15	17	16	12	15	15	21	20	19	17	16	15	22	17	23	24	19	16	18	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01
Sunset	-	8:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:35	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.9 NE	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	2.0 N	2.2 NNW	1.8 ENE	2.0 N	3.0 NNW	3.0 NNW	1.1 NE	1.0 ESE	1.3 ENE	1.3 NE	1.4 NE	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	0.8 W
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	11	10	8	10	10	10	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.7 NE	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.5 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.6 W	0.4 SE	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.6 N	0.3 NNW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	8	8	9	8	10	9	9	15	15	10	13	13	13	8	8	10	10	9	7	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 ESE	1.2 NE	-	2.2 NNE	-	2.1 S	2.1 S	-	-	-	2.5 NE	-	-	-	1.6 NE	0.3 SSW	1.7 NE	2.1 NNE	1.7 NNE	-	1.0 NW	-
Period (s)	9	8	-	10	-	9	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	3	7	7	7	-	7	-

	Tuesday 30										Wednesday 31
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Tora Point 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	Herbertville Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Loisell's East Cape	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Horseshoe Bay East Cape	Charleston West Coast South Island
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	2.5 NE	3.5 ESE	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.9 ESE	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.7 NNW	1.9 NE	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.9 NE	1.4 NNE	2.4 NNE	1.7 NW	0.8 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	18	18	9	18	18	12	9	10	8	9	9	9	10	16
Energy(?)	2336	4108	4774	1230	4175	807	940	894	127	127	1167	145	160	290	774	2148	669	769	615	913	1153	371
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)															3:06AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)							7:45PM 0.12						1:48AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	23	15	13	13	13	15	14	16	13	13	13	16	13	15	17	19	19	21	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	23	13	11	11	11	14	13	16	11	11	11	16	11	15	17	19	19	21	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	0.9 SSE	3.0 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.9 ESE	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 NNW	1.1 ENE	2.1 E	1.7 ESE	1.1 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.3 N	1.9 NNE	1.2 N
Period (s)	10	9	9	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	18	9	12	8	10	8	8	8	13	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	1.7 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	1.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	0.1 N	1.7 NW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	8	9	9	-	10	10	10	11	18	11	10	8	8	10	9	15	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	4.0 ESE	2.5 NE	3.5 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.3 NE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.9 NE	2.3 S	-	1.9 NE	1.4 NNE	2.4 NNE	-	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	3	3	9	3	3	3	9	9	-	9	9	9	-	3

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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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