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Karikari Beach ratings
Quality on a good day: 3.0
Consistency of surf: 3.0
Difficulty level: 1.0
Crowds: 4.0

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Karikari Beach Surf Forecast / New-Zealand – Northland / New Zealand

6 Day Weather and Surf Issued (local time): 11 am Monday 04 Jun 2012

Karikari Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Energy
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Largest waves (m) & direction (?) 0.8
WSW
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WSW
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WSW
2.2
N
3.0
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3.0
NNW
2.3
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Period (s) (?) 14 13 13 6 8 9 9 9 18 11 12 16 15 15 15 14 15 15
Surfscale
Wave
Graph

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Max-energy 207 198 147 384 1074 1445 904 670 1633 1400 1182 1136 721 711 720 553 656 949
Wind
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10
ESE 15
NE 25
NNE 45
NNE 45
N 25
NW 25
N 30
N 30
NW 10
SW 15
SSE 25
SSW 25
SW 30
SW 25
WSW 25
SSW 25
SW 15
SW
Wind State (?) cross-
off
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Key to wind character - offshore winds at Karikari Beach blow from the SE
onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
High Tide
/ height (m)


8:15PM
2.37
8:33AM
2.30

9:11PM
2.44
9:30AM
2.32

10:06PM
2.46
10:24AM
2.30

10:59PM
2.44
11:16AM
2.25

11:49PM
2.38

12:07PM
2.18
12:39AM
2.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)

1:25PM
0.13
1:56AM
0.25

2:19PM
0.10
2:51AM
0.23

3:12PM
0.10

3:45AM
0.24
4:03PM
0.14

4:38AM
0.27
4:53PM
0.21

5:28AM
0.31
5:42PM
0.30

 

Note: the tide data above is for Sheigis Beacon, New Zealand which is 11 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Karikari Beach. New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph.

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Today's Karikari Beach sea temperature is 17.2 °C (Statistics for 04 Jun 1981-2005 - mean: 17.1 max: 18.0 min: 15.9 °C)

Days 0-3 Weather Summary: Heavy rain (total 25mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 14°C on Mon morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Mon morning, strong winds from the N by Tue morning). Days 3-6 Weather Summary: Mostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 17°C on Thu morning, min 13°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SW by Fri morning).
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Summary clear clear some clouds light rain mod rain rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs rain shwrs clear some clouds some clouds clear some clouds clear clear clear clear
Rain (mm) - - - 4 7 3 1 5 5 - - - - - - - - -
High °C 15 15 16 17 18 18 19 19 17 17 17 14 14 14 15 15 15 14
Low °C 14 15 15 17 17 18 18 17 17 16 16 13 13 14 14 14 14 14
Chill °C (?) 14 14 14 15 17 17 19 18 16 17 16 12 12 12 13 13 13 13
Sunrise 7:26 - - 7:26 - - 7:28 - - 7:28 - - 7:28 - - 7:28 - -
Sunset - 17:22 - - 17:22 - - 17:22 - - 17:21 - - 17:21 - - 17:21 -
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