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The Box surfForecast / Northland / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 13 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
20.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at The Box today?

The current surf forecast for The Box at 4PM is: 2.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (13 Jan)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
2
1
2
2
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)12121111111010101010999910101716161515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)92394696985038933332025535527319218814114813714218325735752562392411961484
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
W
5
WSW
5
S
5
ESE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
N
10
NW
15
NW
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNE
5
NW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
5
NNW
5
WSW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglasscross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30PM
2.73
7:19AM
2.80
7:37PM
2.78
8:15AM
2.93
8:32PM
2.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:22PM
1.30
12:52AM
1.16
1:34PM
1.25
1:57AM
1.10
2:29PM
1.15
2:48AM
0.99
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise-------6:26-------6:28-------6:28
Sunset---8:45-------8:45-------8:45----
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part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1221-1----
Temp. °C182021211918181922242323212120202021232221202019
Feels °C (?)192122232119191921232223212122212021232322222220
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