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Karikari Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 29 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
20.2° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Karikari Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Karikari Beach at 10AM is: 0.2m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 29). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Afternoon (29 Jan)2ft (0.6m)5s
Evening (29 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

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

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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
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
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.6
NE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
N
1
N
1.1
N
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
1.1
N
0.9
N
Period(s) (?)11111111512121212777121213121211111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)109991630504949414849147140219305339357338274249239234154
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
ENE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
E
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglasscross-
off		offoffoffcrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscrossoncross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:43AM
1.84
4:58PM
1.83
5:51AM
1.90
6:06PM
1.86
6:56AM
1.98
7:09PM
1.91
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54AM
0.52
11:25PM
0.27
12:04PM
0.48
12:30AM
0.22
1:10PM
0.41
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sun
01
Sunrise-6:41-------6:43-------6:43------
Sunset-----8:36-------8:35-------8:34--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191920212121201918171820202019181817192021212019
Feels °C (?)191920212122212018171820202019181817192021222120
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