Kaitoke Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.24° S 175.48° E

Kaitoke Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 17 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kaitoke Beach sea temperature is
15.1°C
0.2° 

Kaitoke Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Kaitoke Beach today (17 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (17 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 13s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with NE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 12s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Kaitoke Beach at 6PM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 17). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)13s
Afternoon (17 Sep)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (17 Sep)1ft (0.3m)12s

Table - waves today at Kaitoke Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Mainly near gales.

Thu
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ESE
13
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
12
0.3
NE
12
1.6
N
6
1.8
N
7
2.3
N
7
2.5
N
8
2.3
N
8
2
N
8
1.3
NNE
8
1.1
NE
8
0.9
NE
8
0.8
NE
9
0.7
NNE
9
0.5
NNE
9
0.4
NNE
9
0.4
NNE
9
0.4
NE
9
0.4
NE
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
16
22
22
22
21
188
286
562
766
686
520
255
158
102
91
68
46
32
34
29
28
Wind (km/h)
15
N
25
N
25
NNW
30
N
35
N
35
NNE
40
N
25
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
SSE
30
SW
60
SW
50
SW
55
SW
50
SW
50
SW
45
SW
50
WSW
45
WSW
45
W
Wind State
cross
cross
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
High Tide
11:09AM1.89m
11:23PM1.81m
11:55AM1.81m
00:09AM1.71m
12:44PM1.73m
Low Tide
5:21PM0.41m
5:40AM0.35m
6:07PM0.50m
6:26AM0.43m
6:57PM0.57m
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:15
6:13
6:11
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:09
6:09
6:10
 mm
1
2
1
1
2
1
Temp °C
15
15
16
16
16
15
15
13
13
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
13
14
15
15
15
Feels °C
12
10
12
11
10
8
9
8
11
13
12
8
2
3
3
3
3
5
6
7
7
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

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 Kaitoke Beach 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 locationNearest