Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Kai-Iwi today (10 Jun):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (10 Jun, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 14s period with S swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 13s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Jun, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 12s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Kai-Iwi at 5AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm June 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Jun) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (10 Jun) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 13s |
| Evening (10 Jun) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Kai-Iwi. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 13°C on Fri morning, min 8°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | W 7 | SW 15 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 892 | 802 | 593 | 501 | 405 | 293 | 219 | 212 | 151 | 138 | 102 | 100 | 51 | 51 | 50 | 125 | 124 | 119 | 107 | 113 | 111 | 104 | 118 | 122 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross | glassy | glassy | glassy | on | glassy | off | off | off | off | off | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | on | cross-on | cross |
High Tide | 5:07AM2.42m | 5:46PM2.35m | 6:05AM2.46m | 6:52PM2.43m | 7:07AM2.52m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:59PM1.12m | 11:31AM1.01m | 00:00AM1.07m | 12:32PM0.94m | 1:05AM0.99m | 1:36PM0.85m | ||||||||||||||||||
 | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |  | |  | |  | | |
 | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:00 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Feels °C | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 11 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | WSW 8 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | WSW 6 |
| kJ | 249 | 802 | 593 | 501 | 405 | 293 | 219 | 212 | 151 | 99 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 30 | 19 | 125 | 124 | 119 | 107 | 104 | 111 | 94 | 72 | 43 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | S 6 | S 5 | W 9 | W 9 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | S 12 | SW 14 | SSW 10 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | S 9 | S 9 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 16 | SW 16 |
| kJ | 261 | 184 | 163 | 64 | 34 | 78 | 76 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 67 | 100 | 35 | 51 | 50 | 18 | 17 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 102 | 104 | 118 | 122 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 9 | SW 16 | SW 16 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | SW 15 | SW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | SW 14 | S 11 | SW 14 | SSW 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | SW 20 | S 11 | WSW 18 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 |
| kJ | 92 | 258 | 251 | 120 | 88 | 232 | 178 | 142 | 140 | 138 | 102 | 59 | 51 | 34 | 31 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 30 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 7 | S 6 | — | — | S 4 | S 4 | SSW 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 2 | WNW 4 | W 5 | W 6 | — | — | — | S 3 |
| kJ | 892 | 312 | 153 | — | — | 13 | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 85 | 113 | — | — | — | 6 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 61 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 118 | 13 | 61 | 118 | 11 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Wanganui and the Manawatu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Kai-Iwi surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest