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 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09
	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	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Forestry Northland	Marokopa Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Te Araroa East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blackhead Wairarapa	Loisell's East Cape	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Herangi Beach Northland	Piha-The Bar Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Karekare Auckland	Herangi Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island
Rating	2	2	4	4	3	5	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WNW	1.0 N	1.6 NW	3.0 S	2.3 NNW	3.5 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	3.0 WNW	2.2 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 NW	1.6 WSW
Period(s) (?)	8	6	7	8	9	10	12	11	12	8	12	11	11	11	13	12	10	10	11	13	10	13
Energy(?)	311	198	507	1702	900	2848	3730	1558	1966	585	688	1090	1413	1000	809	633	2021	1456	846	581	982	1103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:50AM 3.06		9:04PM 3.56	10:06AM 3.18	6:21PM 1.74	7:12PM 2.26	6:23AM 1.66		10:43PM 3.13	11:11AM 3.29		11:41PM 3.19	12:07PM 3.48		7:54PM 1.71	9:18AM 1.79		9:31PM 1.58	10:13AM 1.76		10:01PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	2:34AM 0.18		3:01PM 0.27	3:25AM 0.41			1:36AM 0.01	12:40PM 0.06	4:45PM 0.06		4:57AM -0.04	5:36PM 0.05		5:55AM 0.21	3:29PM 0.54	2:01AM 0.51		3:24PM 0.11	3:46AM -0.01		4:20PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	heavy rain	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	17	2	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	5	-	-	2	1
High °C	15	22	18	15	19	16	14	23	20	17	21	20	20	21	20	18	16	15	19	21	18	18
Low °C	11	22	15	13	16	16	13	19	19	17	19	18	19	19	19	16	15	15	17	20	18	17
Chill °C (?)	14	22	18	14	19	14	13	23	20	16	21	20	20	21	20	18	16	15	19	21	18	18
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	6:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:20	-	-	8:16	-	-	8:37	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:00	-	-	8:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WNW	0.5 E	0.9 SW	1.1 NW	2.3 NNW	0.3 E	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 S	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.5 N	2.2 WNW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	8	9	10	8	9	9	12	11	12	8	7	11	11	11	13	12	15	10	11	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.4 N	0.4 WSW	0.8 W	0.4 N	0.2 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	0.2 NNW	0.1 NW	-	1.1 W	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.5 W	1.1 NW
Period (s)	10	15	13	9	20	9	9	9	8	13	12	15	15	13	13	15	-	13	10	10	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 N	1.6 NW	3.0 S	0.8 S	3.5 S	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WNW	-	-	-	1.5 NW	-
Period (s)	-	6	7	8	4	10	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10	-

	Tue	Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Loisell's East Cape	Forestry Northland	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Te Araroa East Cape	Airport Rights Wellington	Three Points East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	8	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.3 NNE	1.5 N	2.0 NNE	1.9 NW	3.0 W	2.3 W	2.2 S	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 NNW	2.3 SSE	4.0 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.2 SSE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	11	10	7	6	7	8	11	10	8	10	10	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	574	591	502	523	218	223	385	512	1213	2316	1074	1205	1044	1042	922	1012	7143	3101	3819	3008	2059	1148
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)	8:16PM 2.99				9:14AM 3.02			4:50PM 1.53	9:09PM 3.11				9:41AM 3.22			4:55PM 1.71				6:31AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)			2:34AM 0.18			10:57AM 0.45					3:16AM 0.05							11:52PM 0.21				12:05PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	risk thund- der	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	3	-	-	10	2	1	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	16	17	13	25	18	20	15	14	14	13	13	16	19	14	14	14	15	14	17	22
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	17	11	25	18	20	14	13	13	11	13	16	19	14	13	13	14	14	17	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 W	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	0.8 WNW	0.6 E	1.3 N	1.1 NE	1.9 NW	3.0 W	2.3 W	1.6 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 NNW	2.3 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.5 S	2.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	10	10	11	8	9	6	7	8	11	10	9	10	10	9	10	11	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	1.1 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 E	0.5 E	1.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.5 NNE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	8	9	13	10	8	9	9	8	18	12	16	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	1.3 NNE	1.5 N	2.0 NNE	1.9 S	-	1.2 SSW	2.2 S	-	-	3.5 S	-	4.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	-	7	6	7	8	-	5	8	-	-	9	-	11	-	-	-	-	3

	Tuesday 02				Wednesday 03
	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	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Port Waikato-Sunset beach Raglan and West Waikato	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Loisell's East Cape	Forestry Northland	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Marokopa Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Anawhata Road (Oaonui) Taranaki	Te Araroa East Cape	Airport Rights Wellington	Three Points East Cape	Last Chance Gisborne and Mahia	Table Cape Reefs Gisborne and Mahia	Three Points East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	8	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	2.2 NNW	1.3 SSE	1.2 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.8 NE	1.3 NNE	0.6 E	1.3 S
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	11	8	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	10	7	5	7	9	8	6	9	6
Energy(?)	631	574	574	612	315	113	181	73	509	445	397	449	404	247	647	80	201	99	147	184	70	239
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:16PM 2.99												8:48AM 3.12								4:15PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	17	17	17	18	15	17	20	17	16	16	16	18	18	17	21	14	24	22	20	25	24	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	18	15	17	20	17	16	16	16	18	18	16	21	12	24	22	20	25	24	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	8:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 W	1.6 WSW	1.2 WNW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSE	0.6 E	0.1 SW	0.6 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	9	9	11	8	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	5	9	11	9	9	9	9	9	5
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 NW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 NW	0.8 WSW	0.6 NNE	0.3 N	0.4 NE	0.7 WNW	0.5 WSW	0.5 NW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.8 WSW	0.4 N	0.1 NW	0.3 NE	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	8	13	13	8	10	5	16	5	9	13	8	8	8	10	16	7	9	7	7	7	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 N	0.9 N	-	0.4 E	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.8 SE	2.2 NNW	1.3 SSE	1.2 NNE	0.4 ENE	0.8 NE	1.3 NNE	0.7 NE	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-	2	3	3	4	4	4	7	5	7	3	8	6	4	6

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