Northland Surf

Detailed Northland 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 Northland. 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 Northland. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Northland over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Northland and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Northland Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Northland Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Northland coastline are also listed below.

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	Wed		Thu		Fri		Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Mon					Tue	Wednesday 19			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	PM	Night	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Black Swamp Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Scott Point Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland
Rating	3	3	3	3	1	1	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	1	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.2 SW	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 E	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WNW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	18	16	16	8	8	14	14	12	12	13	13	12	12	9	15	14	10	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	633	642	625	890	127	78	2799	3195	2172	1400	2076	1427	733	523	320	542	540	221	271	503	797	567
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)		2:29PM 2.06	2:49AM 1.74		6:01PM 0.95	5:41AM 1.22		6:59PM 1.04	7:13PM 2.96		7:45PM 1.14			8:24PM 1.23		6:40AM 1.91	6:50PM 1.92		8:37AM 2.49	9:32PM 1.35	10:03PM 3.22	10:23AM 3.37
Low Tide / height (m)			8:43PM 0.36		11:21PM 0.60		12:36PM 0.36	12:38AM 0.57	1:32AM 0.90	1:18PM 0.35	1:41AM 0.53	11:47PM 0.40	1:54PM 0.35	2:34AM 0.49	1:08AM 0.66	12:55PM 0.51		1:14AM 0.34				4:14AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	38	38	36	10
High °C	18	17	18	19	19	15	18	16	16	18	18	18	21	23	18	18	17	20	19	19	20	21
Low °C	18	16	17	17	17	14	18	16	14	17	17	15	19	20	17	18	16	19	19	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	18	17	18	19	19	14	17	16	16	18	18	18	21	23	18	18	17	20	18	18	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:11
Sunset	7:54	-	-	7:55	8:05	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:09	-	-	8:10	-	7:58	-	-	-	8:14	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 E	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 WNW	1.0 NW	1.6 NW	2.1 ENE	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	16	8	8	14	14	12	12	13	13	12	12	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 N	0.4 E	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 N	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 NE	0.7 NW	0.6 NW
Period (s)	14	13	16	8	6	8	-	-	-	10	22	21	9	8	15	15	14	13	11	10	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	1.0 NE	-	-	0.3 NE	1.7 NNE	1.2 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	2	7	6	-	-

	Thursday 13			Wed	Thursday 13				Fri	Thu		Friday 14				Saturday 15				Fri	Sat
	4AM	7AM	10AM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	4AM	3PM	6PM	1PM	0AM	3AM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	9PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Forestry Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Black Swamp Northland	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Tauranga Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.8 NNE	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	13	18	18	17	16	12	16	16	8	15	14	8	8	8	8	8	13	14	13
Energy(?)	587	384	398	722	642	682	627	625	900	890	855	136	589	664	94	113	121	132	92	548	3195	2955
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-flow	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	high	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)	1:59AM 1.95						4:34AM 1.27											4:02AM 1.81		6:59PM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)			7:59AM 0.31		9:52PM 0.59								11:21PM 0.60			10:03PM 0.42					1:01PM 1.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1
Temp. °C	16	16	17	16	17	16	17	17	15	19	17	18	17	17	14	13	14	14	18	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	16	17	16	17	17	14	19	17	17	17	17	13	12	13	13	18	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 NNE	1.7 NNE	1.8 NNE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 ENE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	16	16	8	15	14	8	8	8	8	8	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 NNE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 W	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 N	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.8 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	13	13	13	13	16	12	8	8	6	9	8	8	8	8	10	11	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-	-	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	3	3	3	4	-	-	-

	Thursday 13			Wednesday 12					Thu	Wed		Thu	Wed		Thursday 13
	2AM	3AM	4AM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	10AM	7PM	8PM	1PM	10PM	11PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	5AM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Forestry Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Black Swamp Northland	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Tauranga Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 NE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 NE	1.3 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.8 N	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	8	13	13	7	8	7	7	7	17	13	13
Energy(?)	2317	741	866	696	636	633	713	701	992	630	673	222	718	691	150	199	152	152	109	672	724	731
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:59AM 1.95							4:46PM 0.87							3:29PM 2.37					4:34AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)													9:52PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	19	16	16	18	18	16	14	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	19	19	18	18	18	16	17	16	19	16	16	18	18	15	13	15	16	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	2.4 NNE	2.5 NNE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 NE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NE	1.3 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.8 N	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	8	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 NNE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 N	0.2 NNE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	14	11	13	13	7	11	8	8	7	13	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 NNE	0.7 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-