Rarawa Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 02 Mar 2026 NZDT
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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
21.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Rarawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Rarawa Beach at 6AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 02). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)7s
Afternoon (02 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)12s
Evening (02 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
N
0.4
NNE
0.5
N
0.6
NNE
0.7
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
0.7
NE
1
NE
0.9
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)778877121511121010101010101110101010999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1113845395950739361107981541752232202161191811347674686740
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
S
35
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
15
SE
10
S
15
SW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:09PM
1.85
7:47AM
2.03
8:04PM
1.93
8:35AM
2.11
8:54PM
1.99
9:19AM
2.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
0.23
2:03PM
0.32
2:18AM
0.17
2:52PM
0.22
3:05AM
0.13
3:35PM
0.15
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise----7:13-------7:15-------7:16---
Sunset-------8:04-------8:02-------8:01
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
3-----------------------
Temp. °C191818171919181716161515151718171717171616181818
Feels °C (?)181615131513111010989101212111314151414171515
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