The Box surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 02 Nov 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
17.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at The Box today?

The current surf forecast for The Box at 10AM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Nov)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (02 Nov)6ft (1.8m)12s
Evening (02 Nov)5ft (1.6m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
02
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wed
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.4
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212121212111111111116111115151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1187102687899291081976062557056149437632528320920519816311411278104134104
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
E
10
SE
10
E
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
E
10
NNE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
E
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
2.97
7:37PM
3.23
8:14AM
3.20
8:27PM
3.43
9:04AM
3.44
9:16PM
3.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:10AM
0.79
1:32PM
0.75
2:02AM
0.52
2:24PM
0.51
2:50AM
0.28
3:13PM
0.30
Sunday
02
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wed
05
Sunrise-6:24-------6:24-------6:22------
Sunset-----7:58-------7:58-------7:59--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141416181817161515161718191716151616181918171716
Feels °C (?)121213151716141212131315161414131515181918161616
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