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

	Thu		Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Farewell Spit Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Baylys Beach Northland	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Graveyards Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Ocean Beach (Whangarei) Northland
Rating	1	6	5	4	4	4	4	2	5	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 N	3.5 W	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.1 S	1.4 S	4.0 NW	4.5 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 W	2.5 N	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 E	3.0 N
Period(s) (?)	8	11	14	12	12	14	14	12	10	12	11	14	9	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	12	10
Energy(?)	182	4012	4478	2246	1643	1386	868	825	3572	5195	2713	3671	2178	1442	1336	1140	1365	1754	1197	1247	457	1858
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					8:59PM 2.89	8:33AM 2.77		8:59PM 3.05	9:19AM 2.98		10:35PM 3.24	10:53AM 3.17		10:11PM 3.43	10:29AM 3.37		6:03PM 1.37	6:11AM 1.43		7:30PM 1.60	7:57AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		10:05PM 0.37	8:34AM 0.16	2:09PM 0.62			2:47PM 0.34		3:12AM 0.25	3:25PM 0.24		4:45AM 0.70	5:01PM 0.70		4:23AM 0.34		12:19AM 0.22		1:09PM 0.21	1:44AM 0.38		2:05PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	26	3	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	15	6	5
High °C	15	12	11	11	8	14	12	9	13	11	10	13	13	9	14	14	10	18	13	14	13	17
Low °C	13	10	9	10	6	8	10	7	11	11	7	11	13	6	13	12	9	16	12	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	14	9	10	10	5	13	10	7	10	11	10	12	11	9	13	13	9	18	12	12	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:01	-
Sunset	6:17	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 N	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.4 S	0.8 W	4.5 NW	3.0 NNW	2.5 W	2.5 N	1.9 W	1.8 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 E	3.0 N
Period (s)	8	16	14	12	12	14	10	12	13	12	11	14	9	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 NNW	-	1.4 NW	-	-	0.1 E	1.1 S	0.6 NE	-	0.7 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.1 NNW	1.6 W	1.5 NNW	1.5 N	1.0 N	0.8 N	0.1 SW	0.8 N	0.1 NW	0.6 NE	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	11	-	10	-	-	13	14	5	-	15	13	10	14	9	9	9	8	24	8	7	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 W	1.0 SSE	-	-	0.5 N	0.4 ENE	1.0 NE	4.0 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 N	1.1 NE	-
Period (s)	-	11	6	-	-	3	3	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	-

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaituna Cut Bay of Plenty	Tora Point Wairarapa	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	1	2	2	1	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 S	1.5 NNW	0.8 S	0.7 N	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	9	7	13	8	14	16	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	61	234	239	75	4170	5709	5257	3891	3278	3299	1538	1256	1025	1175	1029	1228	1096	723	1203	1111	606	527
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		3:48PM 1.67					7:59AM 2.71					9:20PM 3.12			8:43AM 3.15			3:30PM 1.54				4:51AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)			8:21PM 0.16		2:25AM 0.48				2:04PM 0.47							9:26AM 0.17				10:42PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	8	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	13	10	8	7	9	9	11	12	11	9	8	7	6	8	14	14	14	9	7	6	8
Chill °C (?)	17	12	8	5	6	7	6	10	12	9	8	7	5	4	6	13	12	14	8	4	3	6
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 S	1.5 NNW	0.8 S	0.7 N	3.0 W	1.9 WNW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.9 W	2.0 W	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	9	7	13	8	14	10	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.1 N	0.4 SW	0.2 NNW	1.6 NW	1.8 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.2 NW	-	0.2 S	0.3 NW	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.8 S	1.2 NE	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	11	7	11	10	10	9	10	-	7	10	-	9	-	-	5	15	7	14	14	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	-	0.6 WNW	-	-	3.0 WSW	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.7 NE	2.5 NNE	0.8 NE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE
Period (s)	5	-	4	-	-	16	6	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	7	5	5	5	5

	Thursday 18											Friday 19
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kaituna Cut Bay of Plenty	Tora Point Wairarapa	Schnappers Point Nelson - Tasman Bay	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Marokopa Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Breakwater West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia
Rating	1	2	2	1	5	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 S	1.6 NNW	0.3 S	1.0 N	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	9	7	16	8	10	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	12	12	8	8	8	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	44	253	78	153	2792	2795	2972	2786	3017	3813	5055	4942	4942	3162	3162	647	636	630	667	678	722	827
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)								7:34PM 2.78
Low Tide / height (m)														1:49AM 0.82								9:17AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-
High °C	18	15	15	15	11	12	11	11	12	11	9	8	7	11	11	9	9	5	9	10	10	10
Chill °C (?)	18	13	13	14	9	10	8	8	9	8	6	5	5	8	8	5	5	1	5	6	6	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.1 N	0.4 SSW	1.0 N	3.0 WNW	3.5 W	1.3 NNW	1.0 NNW	0.9 NNW	1.0 WSW	1.8 NW	1.7 NW	1.7 NW	2.2 WNW	2.2 WNW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	11	10	8	10	11	8	8	8	17	10	10	10	10	10	13	12	12	15	10	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.1 NE	0.3 S	0.2 NNW	1.6 WSW	-	0.3 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.1 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 NE	0.1 NE
Period (s)	6	10	16	11	12	-	18	17	17	17	-	-	-	16	16	8	14	10	15	10	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.6 NNW	1.0 WNW	-	-	-	3.5 W	3.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	5	7	4	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	12	12	8	8	8	7	7	7	8

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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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