Northland Surf

Northland Surf Forecast

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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	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			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 Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Forestry Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	The Box Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	The Bluff-North Side Northland
Rating	9	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	1	3	2	3	3	1	4	4	4	9	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 WSW	1.1 NE	1.8 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	2.4 NW	2.1 N	1.5 NNE	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 NNE	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.1 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	9	10	10	10	9	8	8	10	10	8	11	11	19	17	17
Energy	9189	3074	1647	1731	727	505	421	213	745	917	995	1555	945	481	1314	1526	75	5634	4365	5360	10792	7437
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:58PM 2.57	8:59AM 1.92		9:30PM 2.05	11:49AM 2.23		12:14AM 2.36		12:31PM 2.17	12:50AM 3.21	10:55AM 2.02		1:37AM 3.12			2:28AM 3.04		3:02PM 2.85
Low Tide / height (m)		2:40PM 0.31		3:12AM 0.46	3:51PM 0.63		5:51AM 0.48	3:37PM 0.49	6:02PM 0.43	6:32AM 0.52		6:41PM 0.91	4:57AM 0.62	5:26PM 0.42	7:27PM 0.99	8:02AM 1.01		8:18PM 1.04	8:52AM 1.00		9:12PM 1.06	9:04AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	9	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	16	16	18	13	18	19	17	18	17	17	18	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Low °C	18	16	14	14	15	13	15	17	15	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	14	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	19	15	15	18	12	18	19	16	17	16	16	17	16	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30
Sunset	-	5:14	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 WSW	1.1 NE	1.8 W	2.1 W	2.1 W	1.2 W	1.7 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.9 WNW	1.6 WNW	0.8 NNE	0.5 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	9	10	10	10	11	8	8	10	10	8	23	21	19	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 N	1.6 ENE	0.4 NW	0.3 N	0.6 SSW	0.2 N	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.3 WSW	1.0 W	0.2 E	0.4 NW	-	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	10	8	12	7	11	15	14	13	13	11	10	11	13	10	9	-	15	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.8 NW	0.6 N	-	-	-	2.4 NW	2.1 N	1.3 NNW	-	2.3 SW	1.1 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	9	8	8	-	7	4	11	11	10	-	-

	Tuesday 02							Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Daniels Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Pataua Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland	Baylys Beach Northland
Rating	8	5	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	5.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 W
Period(s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	9	9	9
Energy	10286	4586	9189	3210	3074	2330	2279	1647	1591	1404	1731	1062	727	677	561	505	531	493	421	241	213	453
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)			8:18AM 1.93				8:53PM 2.14	9:58PM 2.57			8:59AM 1.92	9:02AM 1.79				9:30PM 2.05				9:40AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	2:44AM 0.45				2:40PM 0.31					3:40AM 0.76				3:21PM 0.32				5:51AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	18	1	1	-	1	1	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	18	18	19	17	16	16	14	15	14	17	18	14	13	13	14	14	15	17	19	18
Chill °C (?)	16	14	18	18	19	16	15	15	13	15	14	16	18	13	12	12	13	13	14	17	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	2.4 NE	1.8 NNE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.2 NE	1.1 NE	1.4 W
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	1.7 ENE	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.4 NW	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	13	10	13	13	13	10	10	8	12	12	12	7	8	7	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 NNE	-	5.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	-
Period (s)	10	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	3	6	4	4	4	4	-

	Tuesday 02
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Taupo Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Forestry Northland	Daniels Reef Northland	Daniels Reef Northland	Matauri Bay Northland	Ruakaka Northland	Daniels Reef Northland	Daniels Reef Northland	Helena Bay Northland
Rating	8	5	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	4121	8034	10286	10187	8907	4586	4298	4119	9189	8851	8753	3210	3269	3172	3074	2504	2273	2330	2714	2400	2279	2198
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:18AM 1.93												8:53PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)			2:44AM 0.45												2:40PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	12	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	1
High °C	15	14	16	16	16	15	16	16	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	16	16	14	15	15	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	17	16	16	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	4.5 NNE	5.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	4.0 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NNE	3.0 NE	3.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NE
Period (s)	-	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.4 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 NNE	4.5 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	4.5 NNE	-	-	-	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	5.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-