Rarawa Beach surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 03 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 normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Rarawa Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Rarawa Beach at 5AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 03). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (03 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (03 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
N
0.6
NNE
0.7
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
1
ENE
1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NNE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
Period(s) (?)11121010101010101010101010999999913131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)591079815714518618816815413413779735841402928272634333231
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
0
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04PM
1.93
8:35AM
2.11
8:54PM
1.99
9:19AM
2.15
9:39PM
2.04
10:00AM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:18AM
0.17
2:52PM
0.22
3:05AM
0.13
3:35PM
0.15
3:48AM
0.12
4:16PM
0.12
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise----7:15-------7:16-------7:16---
Sunset-------8:02-------8:01-------8:00
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616151517171717171716161818171717161616181918
Feels °C (?)991091012111213141413131715131415151515181816
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