Karikari Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 2026 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
21.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Karikari Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Karikari Beach at 11PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)--
Afternoon (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
ENE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)999121213131411111181313131068888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)272627112629321418181823303030355074676678737171
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
W
5
NE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
20
E
20
E
20
E
10
E
10
E
10
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crossoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:13AM
1.91
2:29PM
1.87
3:17AM
1.85
3:34PM
1.79
4:27AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:55PM
0.23
8:23AM
0.45
8:54PM
0.30
9:30AM
0.52
10:01PM
0.34
10:43AM
0.54
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise------7:07-------7:09-------7:09-
Sunset-8:09-------8:08-------8:07------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202019181716171920201919191920202020201919192021
Feels °C (?)191919181614151718181817171718171819201918181919
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