Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Kai-Iwi today (05 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (05 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 10s period with W swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (05 Jul, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (05 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 10s period with W swell.
The current surf forecast for Kai-Iwi at 5PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a West direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Jul) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (05 Jul) | 4ft (1.2m) | 10s |
| Evening (05 Jul) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Kai-Iwi. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastModerate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Sun morning, min 8°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the ESE on Mon morning, calm by Tue morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wed 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 9 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | SW 15 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 6 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 400 | 284 | 262 | 153 | 307 | 392 | 561 | 799 | 744 | 461 | 904 | 768 | 778 | 620 | 604 | 506 | 377 | 302 | 283 | 104 | 50 | 88 | 100 | 144 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | on |
High Tide | 1:40PM2.52m | 1:55AM2.62m | 2:23PM2.47m | 2:39AM2.56m | 3:10PM2.43m | 3:27AM2.50m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:37AM0.95m | 7:50PM0.96m | 8:19AM0.96m | 8:34PM1.02m | 9:03AM0.98m | 9:23PM1.07m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  |  |  | | | | | | |  | | | | | |  |  |  | | |  | | |
 | 7:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:41 |
 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | — | — | 5:08 |
mm | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
Temp °C | 11 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 11 |
Feels °C | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 10 | W 10 | SW 16 | W 9 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | S 9 | S 4 | S 8 | S 8 | SW 14 |
| kJ | 400 | 284 | 68 | 153 | 307 | 392 | 561 | 799 | 744 | 428 | 349 | 264 | 229 | 620 | 604 | 506 | 377 | 302 | 283 | 57 | 10 | 88 | 100 | 50 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 18 | SW 17 | SW 16 | WSW 10 | WSW 16 | SW 15 | — | SSW 6 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 9 | S 9 | S 16 | WSW 10 | S 9 | WSW 9 | SW 14 | WSW 9 |
| kJ | 80 | 76 | 42 | 83 | 94 | 107 | — | 39 | 357 | 461 | 904 | 768 | 778 | 149 | 93 | 97 | 103 | 103 | 5 | 63 | 40 | 34 | 51 | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | SW 16 | WSW 16 | — | — | — | — | WSW 18 | SW 17 | S 17 | S 17 | NW 10 | NW 9 | S 16 | S 16 | S 16 | SW 11 | SW 15 | WSW 9 | SW 14 | WSW 9 | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | 66 | 48 | — | — | — | — | 283 | 235 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 104 | 50 | 53 | 16 | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | W 10 | — | — | — | SE 3 | SE 4 | S 8 | ESE 4 | E 4 | — | ESE 3 | E 3 | — | ESE 3 | — | — | S 9 | S 4 | — | ESE 3 | E 3 | S 6 |
| kJ | — | — | 262 | — | — | — | 2 | 21 | 403 | 26 | 3 | — | 3 | 5 | — | 6 | — | — | 126 | 11 | — | 3 | 1 | 144 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 13 | 118 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 156 | 175 | 175 | 104 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 118 |
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