The Box Surf Break

Lat Long: 35.19° S 173.05° E

The Box, New Zealand Weather Observations

Issued: 5 am 06 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Box sea temperature is
15.1° C
0.2° 

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

Current weather conditions and live observations for The Box based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in The Box right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Current Weather near The Box

as reported by 5 closest weather stations

Weather Station WeatherWindGustsTemp.Visibility
Visibility /
Cloud

Kaitaia Airport

25 km ENE75 m above sea level

50 minutes ago
no report
15
light winds from the ESE
(14 km/h at 110°)
13.5 °C-
-
-
-
-

Kohe Road

28 km ESE24 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry

(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-
-
-
-

Broadwood

32 km ESE20 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 180°)
1 °C-
-
-
-
-

Oue- Hokianga

43 km SE10 m above sea level

1 hour ago
light rainDry
0
calm
(2 km/h at 45°)
2.4 °C-
-
-
-
-

Tokerau Beach wx

44 km NE18 m above sea level

1 hour ago
-
0
calm
(0 km/h at 0°)
0
2 °C-
-
-
-
0

Hokianga

48 km SE14 m above sea level

50 minutes ago
No weather report
25
moderate winds from the NE
(24 km/h at 45°)
4.9 °C-
-
-
-
-

Opononi

48 km SE22 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry

(- km/h at -°)
- °C-
-
-
-
-

Cape Karikari

55 km NE33 m above sea level

50 minutes ago
No weather report
15
light winds from the S
(15 km/h at 180°)
- °C-
-
-
-
-

Aupouri

55 km N20 m above sea level

1 hour ago
Dry
10
light winds from the SE
(9 km/h at 135°)
7 °C-
-
-
-
-

Kaeo Radar Automatic Weather Station

70 km E362 m above sea level

50 minutes ago
No weather report
25
moderate winds from the S
(26 km/h at 180°)
5.2 °C-
-
-
-
-

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to The Box and within an acceptable time window.

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