The Box Surf Forecast

/ Northland (73 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

The Box surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 15.3° C
(Which is 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: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (18 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	13s
Evening (18 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	11	11	10	16	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2897	2836	2517	1975	1322	1271	2314	4079	4681	3953	3097	2506	2160	1765	1470	1213	1046	690	650	515	243	182	148	133
Wind (km/h)	WNW	W	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSW	S	SSE	SE	E	ENE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:19PM 3.19				7:43AM 3.10				8:06PM 3.34				8:28AM 3.25				8:46PM 3.45					9:07AM 3.37
Low Tide / height (m)	1:05PM 0.97				1:34AM 0.84				1:56PM 0.76				2:19AM 0.65				2:38PM 0.58				2:58AM 0.50

	Thursday 18			Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sunday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-
Sunset	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	14	15	14	13	14	14	15	15	16
Feels °C (?)	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	10	9	8	11	9	10	9	8	8	9	8	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at The Box (light winds from the WNW at Kaitaia Airport 25 km from The Box). 2.8m 12s groundswell from the W with a 1.6m 12s groundswell, also from the W. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 25 minutes ago The Box

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25 km away, 1 h 25 min ago

13 km/h

WNW

0.0

15.3

Air / Water (°C)

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