Karikari Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 28 Mar 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
21.2° C
(Which is 1.0°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 5AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Afternoon (28 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)8s
Evening (28 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
NE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
1.5
N
2
N
1.7
NNW
1.3
NW
1.8
NNW
1.7
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
Period(s) (?)888888877777776656677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45037430719723017817313410886696765525140102304253169306254168145
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
5
SSW
5
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
NE
5
N
0
NW
5
E
0
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
20
N
35
N
35
NNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:15AM
1.86
4:39PM
1.72
5:23AM
1.88
5:48PM
1.75
6:24AM
1.93
6:49PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:47PM
0.37
10:35AM
0.51
10:58PM
0.39
11:44AM
0.47
12:03AM
0.37
12:44PM
0.39
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise----7:35-------7:35-------7:35---
Sunset-------7:27-------7:25-------7:24
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------2976-----
Temp. °C201918181920212120191919192021222121202020212019
Feels °C (?)212019182021222221202020202022211818191918181716
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