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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	Thu	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18
	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	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Opunake Beach Taranaki	Desperation Point Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s)	12	15	14	15	17	16	15	14	14	18	16	16	18	16	15	14	13	13	12	8	12	12
Energy	1104	1577	1415	1211	1194	1093	1364	1310	1429	1908	1146	1250	4059	4036	3147	2302	1782	1621	1064	1084	1704	1088
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:13AM 1.67	5:57AM 2.17		7:17PM 2.90	7:36AM 3.21		7:54PM 2.58	8:15AM 2.57		8:47PM 2.71	8:56AM 2.42		9:56PM 3.32	10:19AM 3.17		10:34PM 3.84	10:39AM 2.45		11:25PM 3.15		12:01PM 3.22	12:30AM 3.57
Low Tide / height (m)			12:26PM 0.50	1:29AM 0.43		2:00PM 0.48	2:11AM 0.23		2:20PM 0.33			3:12PM 0.28		4:13AM 0.09	5:06PM 0.35		4:31AM 0.30	4:51PM 0.29		5:53AM 0.31		6:16PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	13	14	11	12	12	13	14	15	14	15	16	14	14	15	14	14	14	12	14	14	11
Low °C	7	13	14	11	11	12	12	13	15	13	15	15	12	11	15	13	14	13	10	13	13	11
Chill °C (?)	8	12	13	9	12	12	12	14	15	14	15	16	13	13	15	13	13	13	12	12	13	10
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	15	14	15	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	16	18	16	15	14	13	13	12	13	18	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.1 W	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	1.1 W	-	0.4 S	0.8 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.1 SW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	16	20	18	6	-	24	5	21	20	18	16	25	-	8	-	9	10	10	21	18	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 W	1.9 S	1.7 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.3 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	8	12	-

	Thu	Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	12	12	16	16	15	14	14	16	15	15	14	14	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy	1255	1104	1312	2110	1577	1552	1415	1130	1148	1211	1161	1328	1194	1269	1093	1012	1370	1364	1479	1461	1310	1534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	off	glass
Tide State	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)									7:17PM 2.90				7:36AM 3.21				8:12PM 3.07				8:15AM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)	8:01PM 0.36		12:18AM 0.53				12:26PM 0.50				1:29AM 0.43				2:00PM 0.48				2:11AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	12	12	13	13	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	8	8	11	11	12	12	13	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	12	16	16	15	14	14	16	15	15	14	14	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	0.8 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	17	16	20	20	20	18	18	6	6	6	18	17	-	6	24	24	22	5	22	21	21	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-

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	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Bog Works Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	2.1 SW	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	11	17	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	16
Energy	1150	3208	1255	1233	1123	1104	1000	1022	1312	2061	2274	2110	1883	1766	1577	1521	1484	1552	1620	1421	1415	1041
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)			8:01PM 0.36																12:26PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	8	13	8	8	8	8	7	7	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSE	2.1 SW	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	17	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 W	-	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	20	-	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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