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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	Fri	Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22
	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	Anaura Bay East Cape	The Bluff-North Side Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Blacks Reef Gisborne and Mahia	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Karekare Auckland	Back Beach Taranaki	Back Beach Taranaki	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Pouawa Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSE	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	1.0 WSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	19	17	16	16	14	9	17	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	10	16
Energy	2873	1005	1018	1023	1367	1210	1082	529	274	589	561	523	512	269	207	255	212	358	225	209	506	573
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:47AM 2.38		9:06PM 2.76	9:42AM 3.26		9:53PM 2.82	10:30AM 3.25		10:58PM 3.35	11:20AM 3.17		12:19AM 3.30		12:15PM 3.33	12:29AM 3.01		12:53PM 2.39	1:25AM 2.55	10:25AM 1.59		2:27AM 2.42
Low Tide / height (m)	10:40PM 0.19		2:55PM -0.03		3:35AM 0.07	3:42PM -0.08		4:24AM 0.04	12:37PM 0.16		5:15AM 0.07	5:19PM 0.00	6:08PM 0.40	6:08AM 0.44		6:17PM 0.16	6:54AM 0.26		7:05PM 0.25	4:22AM 0.05	4:34PM 0.03	8:04PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	17	16	14	12	15	14	13	14	12	13	17	14	12	13	14	14	18	16	16	17	17
Low °C	11	16	15	13	10	14	13	11	13	11	12	16	13	11	11	11	11	16	15	11	14	16
Chill °C (?)	10	16	15	13	12	14	13	13	14	11	13	16	14	12	13	14	14	18	16	16	17	17
Sunrise	-	7:15	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:22	-	-	4:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SSE	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 NE	0.8 NE	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	17	16	16	14	9	13	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.3 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 E	0.8 WSW	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.1 NW
Period (s)	11	24	22	19	5	7	-	5	9	17	-	24	22	4	4	5	18	19	18	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 S	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.2 E	0.9 N	1.4 NE	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	4	10	10

	Fri	Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Monday 18
	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	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Ahu Ahu Road Taranaki	Oakura Beach Taranaki
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	20	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Energy	1160	2873	2516	1090	1005	1068	1018	1155	1340	1023	1114	1126	1367	1300	1210	1003	1096	1082	636	522	529	565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				4:49AM 1.57	7:47AM 2.38					9:06PM 2.76				9:24AM 2.73				9:53PM 2.82				10:30AM 3.25
Low Tide / height (m)		10:40PM 0.19					2:55PM -0.03	3:09PM -0.01				3:35AM 0.07				3:57PM -0.06				4:24AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	11	16	16	16	11	10	14	14	9	10	14	15	12	14	14	11	10	11	13
Chill °C (?)	10	10	10	9	15	15	15	9	8	13	13	8	10	13	14	12	13	13	10	9	11	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	0.6 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSE	1.1 SW	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	24	22	22	20	19	19	19	12	5	12	7	-	-	-	-	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	1.0 SSE	0.3 S	-	0.5 SSE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SSE	-	0.6 SSE	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	14	14	13	-	-	-	6	6	-	7	5	5	7	-	4	-	-	-	5	4	-

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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	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Aurora Point Gisborne and Mahia	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Herangi Beach Northland	Anaura Bay East Cape	Anaura Bay East Cape	Herangi Beach Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Box Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland	The Box Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.7 SW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1375	1326	1160	1147	1335	2873	2784	2588	2516	2516	1031	1090	1090	1035	1005	1041	1026	1068	1032	1107	1018	1021
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)					10:27PM 0.17																2:55PM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	16	11	11	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	15	9	9	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 SW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 E	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 SW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	24	11	11	8	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.0 E	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.0 E	-	0.4 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.9 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	14	4	13	13	4	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	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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