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The Box surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 11 Dec 2025 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
20.1° C
 (Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Box today?

The current surf forecast for The Box at 7PM is: 1.4m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (11 Dec)3.5ft (1.1m)16s
Evening (11 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
2.5
SSW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)13121615141414131313131313813131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)70056771993915211480133812801261116210839331387787552623122811371021959761736723661
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
NW
5
ENE
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassoffcross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:25PM
3.14
3:55AM
2.90
4:21PM
2.99
4:51AM
2.80
5:20PM
2.89
5:53AM
2.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:09AM
0.92
9:47PM
0.94
10:05AM
1.06
10:41PM
1.01
11:04AM
1.14
11:40PM
1.05
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Sunrise-------6:05-------6:05-------6:05
Sunset---8:34-------8:35-------8:36----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020191818171718181918171817171920191817161516
Feels °C (?)171616161514111112111212121414161920191816141314
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