Rarawa Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 05 Sep 2025 NZST
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Rarawa Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Rarawa Beach sea temperature is
15.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Rarawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Rarawa Beach at 8PM is: 0.6m 4s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Sep)--
Afternoon (05 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)4s
Evening (05 Sep)2ft (0.6m)4s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.7
N
1
N
1.7
N
1.6
N
1.2
N
1
N
0.8
N
0.8
N
1
N
0.9
N
0.8
N
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)444446677788888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)18161725461913801329962791411391481271048265484545363725
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
10
W
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSE
20
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:02PM
1.83
6:14AM
1.76
6:48PM
1.96
7:02AM
1.87
7:30PM
2.08
7:48AM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:14AM
0.51
12:27PM
0.31
1:01AM
0.37
1:13PM
0.21
1:45AM
0.23
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise------6:39-------6:39-------6:37-
Sunset-6:10-------6:12-------6:13------
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----171831------------1--
Temp. °C161616161614141213131313131213141414131313121313
Feels °C (?)1314141412101355456657778888788
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Rarawa Beach (calm at Tokerau Beach wx 34 km from Rarawa Beach). 0.7m 4s local chop from the N with a 0.5m 9s swell from the NE and a 0.2m 14s groundswell from the NNW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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5 km/h
NW
0.0
15.8
Air / Water (°C)
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