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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	Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wednesday 21			Thursday 22			Fri
	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	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Herangi Beach Northland	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Herangi Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Kina Road Taranaki	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Maraenui East Cape	Charleston West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.5 WSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SSE	1.9 SW	1.8 SSE	1.5 SW	1.7 SSE	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.4 SSE	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.0 S	1.0 NE	0.6 WSW	0.6 NNW	1.2 NNW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	13	14	8	13	7	12	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	15	10	20	18	14	11
Energy(?)	211	2042	434	1386	667	680	421	467	472	309	473	555	579	622	629	586	834	243	428	442	1408	342
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:30PM 2.98	9:39AM 3.24		9:40PM 2.16	9:57AM 2.30			10:15AM 2.26		11:14PM 3.37	10:52AM 2.34		12:04AM 2.95	12:44PM 3.14		12:40AM 2.97	12:59PM 3.15		1:18AM 2.95
Low Tide / height (m)		3:47PM 0.74			3:52PM 0.89	3:49AM 0.58		4:36PM 0.53	11:36PM 0.27		4:45PM 0.53		4:34AM 0.21	6:01PM 0.30		6:37AM 0.40	7:00PM 0.43		6:49AM 0.22		7:15PM 0.22	7:27AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	9
High °C	15	20	13	21	22	19	19	20	16	20	20	17	20	18	15	20	18	16	19	19	17	19
Low °C	14	20	12	20	20	16	16	19	13	16	18	15	18	18	14	18	17	14	19	18	15	18
Chill °C (?)	15	20	12	21	22	19	19	20	15	20	20	16	20	17	14	20	18	16	19	19	17	19
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:11
Sunset	-	8:44	-	-	8:51	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:30	-	-	8:50	-	-	8:32	-	-	9:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	2.2 SW	0.3 ENE	1.9 SW	1.0 WSW	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 SW	0.9 NE	0.6 NE	1.0 S	1.0 NE	0.6 WSW	0.6 NNW	1.9 WSW	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	14	7	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	15	14	13	12	9	9	15	10	20	18	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.6 NW	0.1 E	0.7 NE	0.4 NW	0.5 S	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 N	0.2 NNW	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.4 N	0.2 NNW	0.6 S	0.3 N	0.7 WSW	0.5 W	1.2 NNW	1.0 S
Period (s)	13	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	9	18	16	15	13	13	13	15	12	11	5	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.9 SSE	-	1.8 SSE	0.4 ENE	1.7 SSE	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.4 SSE	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	0.4 SE	-	-	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	7	3	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	3	-	-	-	3

	Friday 16					Saturday 17								Sunday 18								Mon
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	2.3 S	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSE	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.2 SSE	1.7 S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	8	13	13	12	12	8	8	11	11	7	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1868	550	254	2042	1325	1377	1283	1038	1161	1248	1155	1164	1058	791	567	549	503	468	593	620	644	551
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:00AM 3.09				9:19PM 3.02								9:03PM 1.99	10:12PM 2.70				10:37AM 2.89				10:51PM 2.81
Low Tide / height (m)							3:11AM 0.66				3:32PM 0.67					4:39AM 0.69				4:47PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	16	17	20	18	19	18	18	13	20	21	21	20	16	14	16	18	19	20	19	16	14
Chill °C (?)	21	16	17	20	18	19	18	18	12	20	21	21	20	15	12	15	18	19	20	18	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:50	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SSE	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.5 N	0.5 N	0.5 NW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 ENE	0.4 NW	0.7 NE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	11	6	7	11	8	8	8	11	8	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	-	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.7 SSE	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.2 SSE	1.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	6	-	8	8	4	4	7	7	8	8	8

	Friday 16																Saturday 17
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in North Island New Zealand	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Anatori River Nelson - West Coast	Cobden Beach - The Channel West Coast South Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Karioitahi Raglan and West Waikato	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Karekare Auckland	Karekare Auckland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	1.1 WSW	0.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SE	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1661	505	211	1968	1875	1408	1808	844	358	1932	1986	2042	1629	614	596	1262	1459	531	531	655	674	844
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															9:30PM 2.57
Low Tide / height (m)																					3:40AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	14	22	22	21	21	21	14	20	20	20	19	18	18	19	19	17	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	16	14	22	22	21	21	21	13	20	20	20	19	18	18	19	19	17	17	16	16	16
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SE	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	10	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NW	0.6 N	0.5 WSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	1.4 WSW	0.5 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	11	7	13	11	11	9	9	11	13	11	11	11	11	6	6	8	11	7	7	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	-	1.5 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	8	6	6	6	6	6

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