Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.19° S 173.05° E

The Box 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 10 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Box sea temperature is
15.4°C
0.1° 

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 (10 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 15s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 17s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Box at 1PM is: 1.9m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Oct)6ft (1.9m)15s
Afternoon (10 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)17s
Evening (10 Oct)6.5ft (2.0m)16s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
2
2
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
2.1
SW
15
2.1
SW
15
1.8
SW
15
1.9
SW
17
2
SW
17
2
SW
17
2
SW
16
2
SW
16
2
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.8
SW
16
1.8
SW
15
1.7
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.6
SW
15
1.5
SW
15
1.5
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.3
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.2
SW
14
1.1
SW
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
2102
1875
1380
2117
2274
2118
2042
2042
1968
1654
1654
1654
1418
1254
1154
1154
936
911
736
659
581
549
404
Wind (km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
N
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
W
5
W
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
on
on
on
on
High Tide
10:03AM3.47m
10:19PM3.55m
10:40AM3.54m
10:56PM3.53m
11:15AM3.55m
Low Tide
3:53AM0.32m
4:13PM0.35m
4:31AM0.26m
4:50PM0.34m
5:08AM0.28m
5:26PM0.41m
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6:52
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Temp °C
14
14
16
18
17
16
15
16
17
16
17
18
17
17
16
16
16
16
16
17
17
17
18
Feels °C
12
12
13
14
13
13
13
15
16
15
16
16
15
16
14
13
13
14
15
16
17
17
18
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