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The Box surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 29 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
20.3° 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 10PM is: 0.7m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)--
Afternoon (29 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (29 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
WSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131813131616161615151515141413131313121211111212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)325252163235211310208127152255255174169181386488591572624537563510519528
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
10
ESE
5
E
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
off		glassoncross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:28PM
3.06
8:14AM
3.26
8:37PM
3.21
9:10AM
3.48
9:34PM
3.38
10:00AM
3.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:19PM
1.06
1:52AM
0.93
2:29PM
0.87
2:55AM
0.73
3:24PM
0.66
3:47AM
0.53
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:43-------6:45--
Sunset-8:37-------8:37-------8:36------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212119181817192020201818171719212120191818191920
Feels °C (?)192018171616171818181819181720222220191818191920
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