Karikari Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 18 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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.2°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 3AM is: 2.3m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 18). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (19 Apr)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (19 Apr)4ft (1.2m)7s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
NNW
2.5
NNW
2.3
NNW
1.5
N
1.3
N
1.1
N
1.5
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.2
N
1.2
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.8
NNW
2
NW
1.6
NW
1.5
NW
1.6
NW
Period(s) (?)777777877777777788888885
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)497565550223168121234199139128166216204216217261288335363372465298262146
Wind
(km/h)
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
20
WNW
15
WNW
25
NW
20
WNW
10
WNW
15
NNW
30
NNW
20
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
25
W
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
onononononononononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:26PM
2.18
8:39AM
2.18
9:13PM
2.23
9:27AM
2.16
10:02PM
2.23
10:16AM
2.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:36AM
0.14
2:58PM
-0.05
3:25AM
0.14
3:45PM
-0.04
4:15AM
0.17
4:34PM
0.01
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise----6:52-------6:52-------6:54---
Sunset------5:58-------5:55-------5:54-
thunderstorm
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mod rain
thunderstorm
clear
clear
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1381--11132-21221111211-
Temp. °C191818171819181616171516161717161616161616171717
Feels °C (?)131313141715141414121112121313131212111112131316
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