The Box Surf Forecast

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The Box surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 16 Jul 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 16.3° 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: 4.5m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	15ft (4.5m)	13s
Afternoon (16 Jul)	13ft (4.0m)	13s
Evening (16 Jul)	10ft (3.0m)	12s

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

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	Wednesday 16							Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
	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	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	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	3	2	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	5	6	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	3	5	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	20	20	22	18	17	16	16	16	16	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	15	15
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	6422	7164	6387	5670	4788	3813	3041	3699	2925	2316	1887	1703	2542	2310	2563	2018	1653	1747	1550	1506	1930	2777	2793	3178	5361	4912	4784	4652	5600	4806	4397	4543	4518	4749	4935	5128	4566	3399	3324	2955	2624	2677	2495	2460	2636	3077	3048	2857	2695	2389	2429	2472	2501	2474	2944	3219	4271	3916	3539	3062
Wind (km/h)	WSW	WSW	W	W	WNW	N	NE	NE	WNW	WNW	WNW	NW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	S	S	S	S	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:46AM 3.56				1:13PM 3.32				1:30AM 3.45				2:01PM 3.22				2:21AM 3.31				2:55PM 3.12					3:18AM 3.18				3:59PM 3.04				4:27AM 3.07				5:22PM 3.03				5:48AM 3.05					6:43PM 3.16				7:04AM 3.13				7:44PM 3.34				8:06AM 3.26
Low Tide / height (m)			7:09AM 0.60				7:25PM 0.68				7:55AM 0.67				8:16PM 0.80				8:44AM 0.77					9:12PM 0.93				9:41AM 0.88				10:17PM 1.04				10:51AM 0.97				11:38PM 1.06					12:15PM 0.96				12:56AM 0.96				1:25PM 0.84				1:58AM 0.80

	Wednesday 16							Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wednesday 23
Sunrise	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	4	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	13	15	14	15	15	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	12	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	13
Feels °C (?)	8	9	10	11	12	11	9	8	11	9	11	10	5	4	4	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	10	11	10	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	8	8	7	6	7	9	11	9	8	10	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Northland

Wind Update Recent cross-shore wind 30 km from Tauranga Bay has fallen light (light winds from the NW at Kerikeri Aero Automatic Weather Station). Waves should be turning clean at Tauranga Bay. 0.5m 10s swell from the ESE with a 0.5m 10s swell from the ESE and a 0.4m 10s swell from the ENE. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 4 minutes ago Tauranga Bay

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25 km away, 1 h 4 min ago

13 km/h

13.5

16.3

Air / Water (°C)

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