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The Box surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 23 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
18.8° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Box today?

The current surf forecast for The Box at 9AM is: 1.9m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)6ft (1.9m)14s
Afternoon (23 Nov)6ft (1.8m)14s
Evening (23 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)151414141414131313131313131312121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1669148413631355133612039991053954954940110910921075868761748819895850850772689561
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
20
S
15
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
E
10
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
15
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:03PM
3.40
12:23AM
3.19
12:40PM
3.33
1:02AM
3.10
1:22PM
3.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:58AM
0.70
6:18PM
0.85
6:35AM
0.79
6:58PM
0.93
7:14AM
0.89
7:43PM
1.01
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
Sunrise-6:09-------6:07-------6:07------
Sunset-----8:17-------8:19-------8:20--
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clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
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clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
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cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171718191918171616151818181817161616202222211817
Feels °C (?)171617171715151414141715151616161515202120201716
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