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Kaitoke Beach surfForecast / Great Barrier Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am 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
21.4° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kaitoke Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Kaitoke Beach at 4AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s
Afternoon (21 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (21 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s

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
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
E
3.5
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
3
ENE
3
N
3
N
3
N
2.3
N
2.1
N
1.9
N
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.7
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.2
NNW
1
NNW
Period(s) (?)999999999889999101010111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17821682142814121056105610511121137399614171312842732614587529598634582478423337222
Wind
(km/h)
50
ESE
50
E
45
ENE
25
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
30
NE
50
NNE
40
NNE
35
NNW
45
WNW
50
W
45
W
35
W
40
W
40
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
35
W
25
W
30
W
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:15PM
1.82
9:44AM
2.00
9:57PM
1.85
10:24AM
2.03
10:40PM
1.86
11:03AM
2.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:30AM
0.23
4:03PM
0.33
4:11AM
0.22
4:44PM
0.28
4:52AM
0.22
5:25PM
0.25
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Sunrise---6:22-------6:22-------6:24----
Sunset-------8:35-------8:35-------8:34
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
843744734172451------------
Temp. °C202020212121212222222322222223222020191920212221
Feels °C (?)141414211919182016192118151719171415141415181816
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