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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	Mon	Tue		Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tue
	PM	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 Northland	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Paparahi Point Northland	Forestry Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Herangi Beach Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.4 NNW	3.0 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	0.9 SW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	8	9	9	11	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	430	115	1245	1178	1256	1779	617	2285	1995	1430	1526	1455	1514	1657	1873	1363	1238	693	790	961	670	998
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:00PM 2.11	8:58AM 1.04		9:32PM 1.35	9:37AM 1.00	8:12AM 1.91		8:15PM 1.98	9:42AM 2.34		9:00PM 2.09	9:33AM 2.21		9:33PM 1.95	9:51AM 1.93		10:01PM 1.79	10:31AM 1.91		1:02AM 3.10
Low Tide / height (m)	12:37PM 0.58		3:21AM 0.46	2:56PM 0.36		4:04AM 0.44		2:20PM 0.44	2:34AM 0.30		3:02PM 0.44	2:57AM 0.42		3:25PM 0.41	3:54AM 0.30		4:06PM 0.42		4:16AM 0.30	5:07PM 0.48		7:14AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	6	64	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	19	18	19	19	18	17	21	20	18	19	20	18	20	18	17	18	17	17	21
Low °C	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	20	19	17	19	19	17	19	18	15	17	17	16	19
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	19	18	19	19	18	17	21	20	18	19	20	18	20	17	17	17	16	16	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07
Sunset	7:58	8:07	-	-	8:07	-	-	8:14	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:15	-	-	8:17	-	-	8:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.8 ENE	-	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	1.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	-	9	9	11	8	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 NNW	-	0.2 N	1.1 E	1.3 E	0.9 SW	-	0.4 WNW	0.6 ENE	0.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.6 NE	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	0.1 NW
Period (s)	15	14	-	14	10	10	13	-	7	10	7	6	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	7	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	9	-	-

	Tue		Mon		Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	4AM	7AM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Whananaki Beach Northland	Paparahi Point Northland	Forestry Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Forestry Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Black Swamp Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Black Swamp Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	2.4 NE	2.2 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	15	14	14	14	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	14	14
Energy(?)	397	415	490	509	527	763	1851	3064	3100	1345	1194	1055	1077	1991	1732	1779	1498	1460	1409	1038	2321	2449
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		6:50AM 2.11		8:59PM 1.30							7:25AM 2.00				7:32PM 1.94				7:52AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)									1:13AM 0.35				1:22PM 0.56				1:35AM 0.30					4:34PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	15	17	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	18	17	16	16	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	18	17	19	18	18	17	21	19	18
Chill °C (?)	16	18	18	17	16	16	19	19	18	18	18	19	19	18	17	19	18	18	16	21	19	18
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 NE	2.3 NE	2.4 NE	2.2 NE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.4 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	9	14	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 NW	0.4 NE	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.3 N	0.4 ENE	1.3 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	0.4 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.5 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	16	6	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	3.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue		Monday 17				Tuesday 18
	2AM	3AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Las Urracas Tarapaca	Whananaki Beach Northland	Paparahi Point Northland	Forestry Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Forestry Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Black Swamp Northland	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Awana Great Barrier Island	Black Swamp Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 E	0.4 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	15	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	10	10
Energy(?)	349	397	333	333	430	430	415	91	397	481	492	542	550	747	503	770	810	832	928	858	380	374
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)																		6:38PM 1.80			9:26PM 3.16
Low Tide / height (m)						2:26PM 0.35						12:37PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	2	3	4	4	-	-
High °C	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	17	19	18	17	17	16	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	0.2 NNE	1.5 ENE	0.3 NNE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.3 N	0.3 NNE	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.3 N	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	8	8	10	10	10	10	15	10	15	10	10	13	15	13	13	13	13	14	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.3 NNE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 NNE	0.4 NE	0.2 N	0.3 NNE	0.2 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.2 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 NNE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.3 NNE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	6	16	11	11	15	15	6	15	14	15	13	15	15	15	13	15	16	16	16	15	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE	-	1.5 ENE	-	-	2.1 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	-	-	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	-	-