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Karikari Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 15 Jan 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
21.1° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Karikari Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Karikari Beach at 12PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (15 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (15 Jan)3ft (0.9m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.3
NW
0.4
NE
0.7
N
0.6
NE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.3
NE
1.4
NE
Period(s) (?)111111858888788881099910109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1919242322388791675467588893154138135112236287269257260287
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
W
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
5
SE
10
NE
10
NE
5
E
10
ESE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04AM
1.68
6:08PM
1.65
6:57AM
1.73
7:00PM
1.68
7:45AM
1.80
7:48PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:08PM
0.69
12:29AM
0.46
1:03PM
0.65
1:19AM
0.41
1:52PM
0.59
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-6:26-------6:28-------6:28------
Sunset-----8:42-------8:42-------8:42--
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
2111-11111--------------
Temp. °C222122222222212019192022232219181717192021212019
Feels °C (?)212022212121212119202020201917181717192021222019
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