Karikari Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 27 Nov 2025 NZDT
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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
19.7° C
(Which is 2.2°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 7AM is: 1.8m 11s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Nov)6ft (1.8m)11s
Afternoon (27 Nov)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (27 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
NNE
0.4
N
Period(s) (?)1111111111111111101010101111111110101010109910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)661661711787757743730619588566482482212121373432313028282929
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
15
W
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
1.67
1:18PM
1.84
1:33AM
1.64
2:06PM
1.83
2:30AM
1.63
2:58PM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:55AM
0.42
7:37PM
0.54
7:44AM
0.46
8:30PM
0.51
8:38AM
0.49
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Saturday
29
Sunrise---6:07-------6:07-------6:05----
Sunset-------8:20-------8:21-------8:22
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------11---1------
Temp. °C191918182020212120191919212022222019192020232220
Feels °C (?)212019192019202121202020232023222019191920211917
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