Kaitoke Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.24° S 175.48° E

Kaitoke Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kaitoke Beach sea temperature is
15.5°C
0.7° 

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 (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Kaitoke Beach at 3PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 08). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Afternoon (08 Sep)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (08 Sep)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, near gales from the SW by Thu night).

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
N
8
0.8
N
8
0.7
N
8
0.7
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.5
N
7
0.2
ENE
15
0.2
ENE
15
0.3
NNW
6
0.3
NE
15
0.3
NE
16
0.3
NE
15
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
134
80
57
53
37
23
22
22
21
8
37
38
34
29
29
29
49
50
31
46
46
Wind (km/h)
20
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
20
SW
15
SW
5
SW
5
S
5
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
W
20
WNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
40
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
on
cross
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
4:16PM1.96m
4:39AM1.86m
5:15PM2.03m
5:39AM1.92m
6:10PM2.09m
Low Tide
9:53AM0.27m
10:35PM0.35m
10:56AM0.23m
11:35PM0.27m
11:54AM0.18m
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:28
6:26
6:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:02
6:04
6:04
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
12
11
14
14
13
13
12
12
13
13
14
14
14
14
13
13
13
13
14
14
12
Feels °C
8
5
8
8
7
8
9
10
12
11
11
12
13
11
9
9
9
9
10
10
4
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