Overview

Mangawai Heads is a kitesurfing spot located on the east coast of Northland, about an hour north of Auckland. The beach faces east, towards the Pacific Ocean, and is popular with kitesurfers from Auckland and Northland. Northeast to east winds are onshore and the most frequent in summer. Southeast winds are side-shore. The sandy beach is wide with good waves for surfing and wave-riding on a kite. Currents can be present near the estuary mouth. Spot for intermediate riders.

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Spot forecast for Mangawai Heads

Sunrise 06:31 · Sunset 19:41

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< 7 kn7–12 kn13–20 kn21–30 kn31–40 kn41+ kn Gusts Your minimum: 7 kn

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Swell and waves

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Wave height: < 0.5 m 0.5–1 m 1–2 m 2–3 m ≥ 3 m

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Tides

Heights above lowest astronomical tide, in the spot's local time. Computed 8.5 km from the spot.

Wednesday 21 October High tide 03:35 · 1.8 m Low tide 09:44 · 0.7 m High tide 16:06 · 1.9 m Low tide 22:26 · 0.7 m
Thursday 22 October High tide 04:32 · 1.8 m Low tide 10:39 · 0.7 m High tide 16:57 · 2 m Low tide 23:17 · 0.6 m
Friday 23 October High tide 05:26 · 1.9 m Low tide 11:31 · 0.6 m High tide 17:46 · 2 m
Saturday 24 October Low tide 00:04 · 0.5 m High tide 06:16 · 2 m Low tide 12:21 · 0.6 m High tide 18:32 · 2.1 m
Sunday 25 October Low tide 00:50 · 0.4 m High tide 07:03 · 2.1 m Low tide 14:09 · 0.5 m High tide 19:16 · 2.1 m

Mangawai Heads: when to go?

Rideable days and hours computed for a minimum wind of 7 knots · log in to set your own (foil, twin-tip…)

Season · peak

189h

in October · 19 rideable days

Wind is uneven from month to month: the best months are April, July and October, at 20 rideable days and 18 °C. The low point is March, at 12.5 days.

Rideable days per month

Wind strength when it is rideable

7-12 knots · 61%13-20 knots · 35%21-30 knots · 4%31+ knots · under 1%

When the spot works, wind sits mostly between 7 and 12 knots — 61% of rideable hours. Big-kite territory. The coldest month is July, at 15 °C. The wettest month is July, with 197 mm.

Monthly averages: Mangawai Heads

Monthly averages — Mangawai Heads — averaged over 2 years of records — Weather data by Open-Meteo.com — How it is calculated
Month	Rideable days	Usable wind	Temperature	Rain
January	18.5	201 h	23 °C	98 mm
February	14.5	147 h	23 °C	44 mm
March	12.5	98 h	22 °C	36 mm
April	21.5	223 h	20 °C	185 mm
May	13.5	108 h	17 °C	110 mm
June	17.0	152 h	16 °C	107 mm
July	19.5	172 h	15 °C	197 mm
August	18.5	172 h	15 °C	97 mm
September	13.0	108 h	16 °C	84 mm
October	19.0	189 h	18 °C	93 mm
November	19.0	188 h	20 °C	100 mm
December	17.0	186 h	22 °C	81 mm

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Technical details of Mangawai Heads spot

The spot works with winds from N, NNE, NE, ENE, E, NNW.

Depending on conditions: ESE, SE, WNW, NW.

RideableDepending on conditions Not rideable

Spot opening date · Required level

Spot opening date: Open all year round
Required level: Intermediate

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