Karikari Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 NZST
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Karikari Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Karikari Beach sea temperature is
20.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Karikari Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Karikari Beach at 6PM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.2m 17s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (20 Apr)5ft (1.6m)7s
Evening (20 Apr)5ft (1.5m)7s

Table - waves today at Karikari Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.6
NNW
0.5
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
0.2
NNW
Period(s) (?)777777888888888777776666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22225425126523717717619620117216814211387664329181598444
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
25
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
5
WNW
10
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:27AM
2.16
10:02PM
2.23
10:16AM
2.10
10:53PM
2.19
11:09AM
2.02
11:48PM
2.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:45PM
-0.04
4:15AM
0.17
4:34PM
0.01
5:08AM
0.23
5:27PM
0.10
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise6:52-------6:54-------6:54-------
Sunset--5:55-------5:54-------5:53-----
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1343-113111-------------
Temp. °C161616161616151515171816141414131315161514141313
Feels °C (?)12121213141413141414141291099911121191099
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