Surf Forecast Surf Report
Kaiaua Bay surf break

Kaiaua Bay surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 01 May 2025 NZST
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Kaiaua Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kaiaua Bay sea temperature is
18.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kaiaua Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Kaiaua Bay at 6PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am May 01). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Afternoon (01 May)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (01 May)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

Table - waves today at Kaiaua Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
ENE
2.1
NE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
S
1.4
S
1.9
S
4
SSW
3
S
3.5
S
4
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
S
5
S
4.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2
SSE
1.8
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
NNE
1
NNE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)1091010101212121212121212121212121111101010999999910991513131212121111111010101010101010999999669919
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)73379437339637434252998847202216358845234880531152326670500633072355180115071374109810291088136113921210104110486134661613126710288077676605245054083523313073072632452011178560594040424968282828
Wind
(km/h)
20
N
15
NW
10
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
WSW
30
WSW
40
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
5
S
5
SW
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
NW
10
NE
15
NE
10
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
N
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:36AM
1.69
9:07PM
1.77
9:31AM
1.64
10:02PM
1.73
10:27AM
1.58
10:56PM
1.66
11:23AM
1.51
11:52PM
1.59
12:19PM
1.43
12:47AM
1.51
1:16PM
1.37
1:41AM
1.45
2:12PM
1.34
2:33AM
1.41
3:05PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:53PM
-0.03
3:27AM
0.03
3:47PM
0.01
4:23AM
0.08
4:41PM
0.08
5:18AM
0.13
5:35PM
0.15
6:13AM
0.19
6:30PM
0.22
7:08AM
0.24
7:23PM
0.29
8:01AM
0.28
8:17PM
0.33
8:52AM
0.30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise6:48-------6:48-------6:48-------6:50-------6:50-------6:52-------6:52-------6:54---
Sunset--5:19-------5:16-------5:15-------5:15-------5:14-------5:13-------5:12-------5:10-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181919161615131113151512111011131415141413131313141514131313121212131313111110101013141413121212141719171515141416181817
Feels °C (?)151819121211108910106533578998988109778109991011111098891111121191010121517151313121214141414
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