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The Box surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 NZDT
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The Box surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Box sea temperature is
21.0° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at The Box today?

The current surf forecast for The Box at 9AM is: 0.6m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)17s
Afternoon (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (15 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)15s

Table - waves today at The Box. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
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)
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
2.3
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)101017161615151514141414141414131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1661731832573613956319241092148417121804132519191036846143813261306109211491118833805
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:15AM
2.93
8:32PM
2.89
9:00AM
3.09
9:19PM
3.02
9:39AM
3.24
10:00PM
3.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:57AM
1.10
2:29PM
1.15
2:48AM
0.99
3:13PM
1.02
3:31AM
0.87
3:52PM
0.89
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-6:28-------6:28-------6:30------
Sunset-----8:45-------8:44-------8:44--
light rain
light rain
cloud
thunderstorm
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
12-2-11-----------------
Temp. °C202021222222202020192021212019181818202121212019
Feels °C (?)202021222121202020191919191817171616191918192019
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