Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Kai-Iwi today (21 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 17s period with SW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with W swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with WSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Kai-Iwi at 4PM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a West direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 17s |
| Afternoon (21 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 7s |
| Evening (21 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Kai-Iwi. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the WNW by Thu morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wed 21 | Thursday 22 | Friday 23 | |||||||||||||||||||
10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 6 | W 8 | W 7 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 14 | SW 14 | W 7 | SW 14 | WNW 5 | W 6 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | WSW 7 | W 7 | W 7 | WSW 6 | WSW 20 | SW 19 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 111 | 186 | 127 | 121 | 68 | 50 | 60 | 60 | 52 | 80 | 220 | 381 | 373 | 251 | 142 | 89 | 68 | 49 | 33 | 37 | 93 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | on | on | cross-on | cross-off |
High Tide | 7:10AM2.17m | 7:36PM2.30m | 8:09AM2.26m | 8:26PM2.40m | 9:00AM2.38m | 9:11PM2.52m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:24PM1.18m | 2:02AM1.09m | 2:21PM1.06m | 2:51AM0.94m | 3:09PM0.91m | ||||||||||||||||
 |  | | |  | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | |
 | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:46 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 12 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 13 |
Feels °C | 8 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 17 | SW 16 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | W 7 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | W 8 | W 8 | W 8 | WSW 7 | W 7 | W 7 | WSW 6 | W 6 | W 6 |
| kJ | 111 | 62 | 127 | 86 | 68 | 48 | 47 | 60 | 52 | 48 | 46 | 27 | 373 | 251 | 142 | 89 | 68 | 49 | 33 | 18 | 17 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | WSW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 13 | S 10 | S 10 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 20 | SW 19 |
| kJ | 24 | 23 | 97 | 121 | 62 | 50 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 33 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 37 | 93 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 13 | S 12 | SSW 11 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 12 |
| kJ | 12 | 12 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 60 | 58 | 34 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 14 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 6 | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 7 | NW 4 | WNW 5 | W 6 | W 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SW 2 | — | W 5 |
| kJ | 86 | 186 | — | — | — | — | — | 59 | 6 | 80 | 220 | 381 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 9 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 150 | 156 | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 150 | 156 | 150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 109 | 109 | 118 | 0 |
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