Karikari Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.84° S 173.39° E

Karikari Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Karikari Beach sea temperature is
16.5° C
0.6° 

Karikari Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Karikari Beach today (12 Jul):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (12 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 16s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (12 Jul, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 11s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Karikari Beach at 9PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 12). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jul)--
Afternoon (12 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)16s
Evening (12 Jul)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NNW on Mon night, calm by Wed morning).

Sun
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
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
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Height Map
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Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
W
16
0.1
N
11
0.1
N
11
0.1
N
11
0.4
ENE
5
0.1
N
11
0.1
NE
12
0.1
NE
12
0.5
NNW
3
0.6
NNW
4
0.7
NNW
4
1.1
NNW
4
1.3
NNW
5
1.5
NNW
6
1.5
NNW
6
1.5
NW
6
1.1
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
6
0.6
NW
6
0.7
NNW
6
0.5
N
6
0.5
N
6
0.5
N
6
0.4
NNW
5
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
5
2
2
2
8
4
6
5
7
10
16
46
92
129
139
159
82
66
30
37
16
16
15
10
Wind (km/h)
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
WNW
5
NW
Wind State
cross-off
glassy
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
on
High Tide
5:35PM1.99m
5:47AM1.95m
6:35PM2.09m
6:48AM2.00m
7:31PM2.19m
7:45AM2.05m
Low Tide
11:46PM0.40m
12:11PM0.11m
00:48AM0.32m
1:08PM0.04m
1:46AM0.23m
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:31
7:31
7:31
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:30
5:31
5:31
5:32
 mm
1
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
13
13
14
14
14
15
15
15
15
16
16
15
15
16
17
15
14
14
14
14
14
15
Feels °C
12
13
11
11
11
11
10
11
10
11
10
11
11
10
11
13
15
14
13
13
13
14
14
14
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