Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Kina Road today (06 Aug):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with WSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Aug, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Kina Road at 10PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 06). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (06 Aug) | - | - |
| Afternoon (06 Aug) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 13s |
| Evening (06 Aug) | 2ft (0.6m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Kina Road. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 45mm), heaviest during Sun morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat morning, min 8°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Thu 6 | Friday 7 | Saturday 8 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | W 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | NW 8 | NW 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 222 | 172 | 106 | 98 | 96 | 71 | 71 | 50 | 90 | 147 | 373 | 391 | 497 | 344 | 294 | 334 | 356 | 390 | 458 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 2:45PM2.80m | 3:10AM2.80m | 3:53PM2.70m | 4:26AM2.71m | 5:26PM2.72m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:07PM0.92m | 9:33AM0.87m | 10:16PM1.02m | 10:50AM0.95m | |||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 5:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:39 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Feels °C | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | W 10 | W 10 | WNW 10 | SW 13 | SW 13 | WNW 9 | WNW 9 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 | NW 8 | WSW 18 |
| kJ | 222 | 172 | 106 | 98 | 96 | 71 | 71 | 50 | 90 | 147 | 46 | 44 | 360 | 344 | 294 | 334 | 356 | 390 | 273 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 9 | W 8 | SW 13 | SW 11 | SW 13 | S 14 | S 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 16 | WSW 17 | SW 12 |
| kJ | 20 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 20 | 46 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 44 | 42 | 38 | 63 | 170 | 39 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 8 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | SSE 9 | SW 11 | WSW 14 | S 14 | S 9 | S 10 | S 16 | WSW 18 | WSW 19 | WSW 19 | SW 12 | SW 12 | S 11 |
| kJ | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 33 | 35 | 72 | 37 | 37 | 9 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | W 2 | WSW 3 | W 3 | NW 3 | NW 4 | WNW 4 | WNW 10 | WNW 10 | WNW 9 | — | — | — | — | — | NW 8 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 373 | 391 | 497 | — | — | — | — | — | 458 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 224 | 100 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
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