Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.19° S 173.05° E

The Box 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 25 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's The Box sea temperature is
15.7°C
0.3° 

The Box surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Box today (25 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Box at 4PM is: 1.9m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Oct)5ft (1.5m)15s
Afternoon (25 Oct)6ft (1.9m)17s
Evening (25 Oct)7ft (2.1m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 12mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Mon morning, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, fresh winds from the NW by Tue morning).

Sun
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.5
SW
15
1.3
SW
18
1.9
SW
17
2.1
SW
17
2.1
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
2.1
SW
16
1.9
SW
15
1.8
SW
15
1.6
SW
14
1.5
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
1.1
SW
13
0.8
SW
13
2.2
WNW
7
2.5
WNW
8
2.4
W
10
2.3
W
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
936
1099
2117
2330
2220
2166
2113
2061
1983
1589
1308
1092
899
716
457
398
242
437
846
1092
1165
Wind (km/h)
5
W
10
W
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
N
10
NW
15
NW
25
NW
25
NW
20
N
20
N
25
N
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
30
NW
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State
glassy
on
on
on
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
High Tide
9:34AM3.38m
9:43PM3.51m
10:12AM3.55m
10:25PM3.61m
10:52AM3.68m
Low Tide
3:41PM0.36m
4:01AM0.21m
4:22PM0.25m
4:41AM0.15m
5:03PM0.23m
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
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6:33
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6:31
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6:31
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7:50
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7:51
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7
3
1
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Temp °C
15
16
16
16
15
15
14
14
16
17
17
16
15
14
15
17
17
16
17
16
15
Feels °C
14
14
14
15
14
14
13
13
14
14
13
12
12
11
12
13
13
11
14
15
14
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