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Kaitoke Beach surfForecast / Great Barrier Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 21 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Kaitoke Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kaitoke Beach sea temperature is
21.2° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Kaitoke Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Kaitoke Beach at 1AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a North-northeast direction and 2.0m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Jan)8ft (2.4m)10s
Afternoon (22 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)10s
Evening (22 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
4
NE
3
NNE
3
N
2.5
N
2.3
N
2.1
N
1.9
N
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.5
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
1
NNW
0.7
E
0.7
NNW
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)9988991010101010101111111111101099999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1351155620611252129111909788557306665735445725124313662402222147692685739
Wind
(km/h)
45
ENE
50
NNE
50
NNE
50
N
45
NW
45
W
50
W
35
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
30
W
30
W
25
W
35
W
40
W
45
W
50
WSW
50
W
55
W
55
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:57PM
1.85
10:24AM
2.03
10:40PM
1.86
11:03AM
2.04
11:23PM
1.87
11:45AM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:11AM
0.22
4:44PM
0.28
4:52AM
0.22
5:25PM
0.25
5:35AM
0.25
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise-----6:22-------6:24-------6:24--
Sunset-8:35-------8:35-------8:34------
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
322120161---------------1---
Temp. °C212222232222222223222120201920212221201918171717
Feels °C (?)17171718181716181817161516141617191614119766
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