Karikari Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.84° S 173.39° E

Karikari Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 05 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Karikari Beach sea temperature is
16.1°C
0.9° 

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


How big are the waves at Karikari Beach today (05 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 11s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Karikari Beach at 8PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (05 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (05 Sep)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Mon morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon afternoon, min 13°C on Sat morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the SW on Sat morning, strong winds from the NW by Sun night).

Sat
5
Sunday
6
Monday
7
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
NW
6
0.4
NW
6
0.2
ENE
11
0.2
ENE
11
0.3
ENE
10
0.2
WNW
16
0.3
ENE
10
0.4
NW
8
0.2
WNW
18
0.3
ENE
9
0.9
NW
4
1
NW
5
1.3
NNW
5
1.5
NNW
6
1.8
NW
6
2.3
NW
7
2.3
NW
7
2.4
NW
7
2.3
NW
8
2
NNW
8
1.7
NNW
8
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
19
12
12
12
19
26
19
19
33
17
24
41
87
138
229
453
537
629
585
452
363
Wind (km/h)
5
SW
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
45
NW
30
WNW
25
NW
20
W
20
W
15
WNW
Wind State
cross
cross-on
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross-on
on
High Tide
1:43PM1.86m
1:59AM1.80m
2:51PM1.84m
3:10AM1.77m
4:02PM1.88m
Low Tide
7:21AM0.30m
7:55PM0.51m
8:25AM0.34m
9:07PM0.53m
9:35AM0.34m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:39
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:09
6:09
6:10
 mm
1
6
1
1
Temp °C
13
15
15
14
14
15
14
13
14
15
16
15
16
16
16
16
15
16
17
15
14
Feels °C
12
12
10
11
11
11
11
10
10
11
11
10
12
11
11
9
9
11
13
12
11
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Karikari Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest