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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	Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Makorori North Gisborne and Mahia	Arataki Bay of Plenty	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Whangamata Bar Coromandel	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Back Beach Taranaki	Kumera Patch Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Graveyards Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	3.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.5 NNW	1.6 N	1.4 ENE	1.8 NE	1.5 NE	1.2 W	1.0 ENE	1.3 W	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	11	12	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	11	10	10	18	18	16	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	2463	2275	1887	727	883	470	600	397	196	150	373	318	701	696	587	517	930	1071	1115	972	1083	934
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross	off	cross	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:45PM 2.73				7:52PM 2.80		3:55PM 1.46		4:05AM 1.66	4:25PM 1.55		11:01AM 3.17			12:12PM 3.47		11:02PM 2.35	7:02AM 1.70		8:22PM 1.56	10:28AM 2.01
Low Tide / height (m)			1:09AM 0.48	8:59AM 0.16	1:42PM 0.58	2:12AM 0.37	9:53AM 0.11		10:15PM 0.06	10:27AM 0.08		10:30PM 0.34	4:46AM 0.16	5:34PM 0.59	12:04AM 0.01	6:01AM 0.65	6:26PM 0.54				2:36AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	19	3	9	1	-	1	-	4	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	13	19	21	17	24	21	14	21	18	15	19	20	15	18	20	18	22	22	18	21
Low °C	16	18	13	16	21	16	22	20	14	19	18	14	17	19	14	17	20	16	19	20	16	19
Chill °C (?)	20	18	11	19	21	17	24	21	14	21	18	15	19	20	14	18	20	18	22	22	17	21
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	8:46	-	-	9:15	-	-	8:38	-	-	9:04	-	-	8:52	-	-	8:45	-	-	8:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 S	0.1 S	2.5 E	1.5 NNW	1.6 N	1.4 ENE	1.2 NE	1.5 NE	1.2 W	1.0 ENE	0.6 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	9	12	10	11	12	8	8	8	7	8	14	8	11	10	10	9	9	11	16	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	0.1 S	0.6 W	0.7 W	1.1 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 NE	0.5 N	0.3 N	0.3 NNW	0.7 WSW	0.1 N	0.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 N
Period (s)	12	-	15	16	15	8	7	14	8	6	7	13	12	21	20	11	18	16	11	11	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	3.5 ESE	2.3 S	0.5 E	-	-	1.8 NE	0.8 NNW	-	-	1.3 W	-	1.1 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	-
Period (s)	9	9	8	3	-	-	8	8	-	-	8	-	6	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	9	-

	Tuesday 30							Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Papatea Bay East Cape	Stent Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Makorori North Gisborne and Mahia	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 N	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 ESE	2.4 SSE	2.3 S	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	2.1 N	1.9 N	2.5 NE	2.0 N	2.4 N	1.5 SW	1.7 NE	2.1 W	2.1 NNE	1.5 NE
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	10	9	9	11	11	8	10	11	10	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	4193	3005	2463	3689	1424	1413	1289	1044	1196	1620	1782	1036	1290	1127	1359	1001	1467	531	668	749	696	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	2:54AM 1.57	6:21AM 2.64				6:43PM 2.72			2:39AM 1.46													6:02PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)							8:23PM 0.12				8:20AM 0.15		2:19PM 0.48		9:10PM 0.09		3:09AM 0.87		9:32AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	9	5	17	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	2
Temp. °C	20	16	16	18	21	18	17	16	16	13	14	16	20	21	19	16	16	17	20	16	24	20
Chill °C (?)	20	15	15	18	21	18	17	16	16	11	13	16	20	21	19	16	16	17	20	15	24	20
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	8:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:38
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 N	2.5 S	2.4 S	3.0 ESE	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.5 SE	2.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	2.1 N	1.9 N	1.8 ENE	2.0 N	2.4 N	1.5 SW	1.2 ENE	1.1 N	1.3 NE	1.5 NE
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	10	9	9	11	11	8	10	11	10	8	8	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 NE	0.5 SW	0.8 N	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	1.1 NE	0.5 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 SE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 SE	0.5 W	0.3 E	0.1 NE
Period (s)	-	11	12	8	12	6	8	8	9	10	9	8	15	14	8	13	13	7	8	12	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 ENE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 ESE	2.4 SSE	2.3 S	1.3 NE	-	1.7 NE	2.2 S	2.0 S	-	-	-	2.5 NE	-	-	-	1.7 NE	2.1 W	2.1 NNE	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	-	8	9	8	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	8	8	8	-

	Tuesday 30
	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Papatea Bay East Cape	Stent Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Cray Bay Hawkes Bay	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Shingles West Coast South Island	Makorori North Gisborne and Mahia	Mount Maunganui Bay of Plenty
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 N	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 E	2.5 S	2.0 S	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	3.5 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.3 W	2.2 NW	4.0 ESE	0.4 W	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE
Period(s) (?)	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	18	10	10	18	9	9
Energy(?)	5011	921	922	1395	1065	807	1988	1868	2367	129	259	265	97	80	2275	77	136	1240	2944	187	1438	1064
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)						6:19AM 2.64
Low Tide / height (m)							7:55AM 0.18						1:12PM 0.59						7:57PM 0.12			10:14PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	2	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
High °C	20	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	15	13	13	13	13	16	18	15	16	19	15	16	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	14	14	14	14	15	13	12	13	11	11	11	12	16	18	14	14	18	14	15	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:53	9:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	2.5 S	2.0 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.8 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.0 S	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	1.5 ENE	0.1 N
Period (s)	-	11	11	12	9	9	12	12	12	7	7	8	9	9	12	9	9	11	12	9	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 NNW	0.2 N	-	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 W	1.0 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	6	6	-	11	13	12	-	-	12	9	10	12	12	-	12	12	14	12	18	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 N	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 E	-	1.0 ENE	3.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.3 E	0.2 S	0.3 ESE	3.5 ESE	-	0.3 ESE	2.2 NW	4.0 ESE	0.6 SE	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	-	6	9	9	9	5	5	7	4	3	9	-	2	10	10	3	9	9

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