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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Northland Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Northland Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Northland Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Northland Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Northland Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Northland Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Northland Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Northland Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Northland Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	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	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Waipu River Northland	Daniels Reef Northland	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Shipwrecks Bay-Peaks Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Motukahakaha and Paradise Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Bland Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Tauranga Bay Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland	Shipwreck Bay-Blue House Northland
Rating	4	3	2	2	2	3	1	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	9	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 NE	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 WSW	1.1 NE	1.9 W	2.2 WNW	2.4 N	2.4 N	2.0 N	1.6 NW	2.4 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NNE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	4.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	10	10	10	11	9	10	9	7	8	8	10	10	10	10	9	9	7	9	8	9	19	17
Energy	1673	761	467	391	231	798	1015	592	757	513	576	1502	247	156	62	51	110	29	19	23	12465	9167
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)			9:30PM 2.05	11:49AM 2.23		12:14AM 2.36	12:00PM 2.15		10:51PM 2.00	11:09AM 1.89		1:37AM 3.12		12:14PM 1.65	12:18AM 1.96		12:53PM 1.94	1:56AM 2.25		2:12PM 2.10		4:17AM 3.02
Low Tide / height (m)		3:21PM 0.32		5:51AM 0.48	4:03PM 0.35	6:02PM 0.43	6:01AM 0.57	4:44PM 0.38		5:22AM 0.52	5:47PM 0.40	7:27PM 0.99	6:18AM 0.51		6:09PM 0.46	6:50AM 0.49		7:18PM 0.81	8:03AM 0.77		10:09PM 1.04	10:41AM 0.87
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	26	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	13	19	19	17	19	17	17	17	17	15	15	15	14	15	16	14	16	16	15	15
Low °C	15	14	12	15	18	17	18	17	14	15	16	15	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	12	19	19	17	18	16	16	16	16	15	13	13	12	13	15	13	15	15	13	14
Sunrise	7:24	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:14	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:14	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:19	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 NE	1.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.0 WSW	1.1 NE	1.9 W	2.2 WNW	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.9 NE	2.4 WNW	1.0 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 NNE	0.4 ESE	0.9 SE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	4.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	9	10	9	10	10	-	7	10	10	10	9	9	7	9	8	9	19	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.7 WNW	0.2 N	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 E	0.1 N	-	0.1 E	0.8 SW	0.7 NE	0.6 NNE	0.2 E	0.3 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	10	12	12	5	12	15	14	9	13	-	11	12	7	7	10	9	8	6	11	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 NW	0.9 N	-	2.0 N	2.4 N	2.4 N	2.0 N	1.6 NW	-	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	6	5	-	7	7	8	8	10	-	3	4	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03							Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	Fairway Reef Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Helena Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Waipapakauri Beach Northland	Scott Point Northland	Baylys Beach Northland	Mangawhai Heads Northland	The Bluff-South Side Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 W	2.4 N	3.0 WNW
Period(s)	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	9	10	7	9
Energy	1586	1529	1673	1407	761	568	515	467	571	391	391	219	231	491	628	798	804	806	1015	896	592	1860
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:59AM 1.92	9:05AM 1.79				9:30PM 2.05				9:40AM 1.89					12:14AM 2.36
Low Tide / height (m)		3:12AM 0.46				3:21PM 0.32				5:51AM 0.48					6:02PM 0.43			5:56AM 0.52	6:01AM 0.57			5:57PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	13
Temp. °C	15	14	15	16	16	14	13	12	13	14	15	18	19	18	17	17	17	18	19	19	17	17
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	15	15	13	12	11	12	13	14	18	19	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.6 W	1.8 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	1.9 W	2.2 WNW	2.0 W	0.2 E	0.7 SW
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	9	9	8	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 N	0.3 N	1.6 ENE	1.6 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 E	0.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	10	10	12	12	12	12	8	8	5	12	12	11	11	15	15	15	14	13	9	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 N	0.9 N	-	-	-	-	1.0 NNW	2.0 N	0.2 NNE	2.4 N	3.0 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	5	6	4	5	-	-	-	-	5	7	2	7	9

	Wednesday 03
	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	Great Exhibition Bay Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Fairway Reef Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Bland Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Helena Bay Northland	Helena Bay Northland	Helena Bay Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Black Swamp Northland	Ngunguru Bar Northland
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.4 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE
Period(s)	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	1633	1671	1586	1586	1623	1529	1780	1835	1673	1631	1498	1407	1362	762	761	746	690	568	571	524	515	515
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:59AM 1.92													9:32PM 2.21
Low Tide / height (m)				3:47AM 0.87												3:21PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NNE	2.5 NE	2.5 NNE	3.0 NNE	2.4 NE	2.3 NE	2.3 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	2.1 NE	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.9 NE	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	1.7 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE
Period (s)	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 N	1.6 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N	0.3 N
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4