Kaitoke Beach surfForecast / Great Barrier Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 26 Feb 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 normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kaitoke Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Kaitoke Beach at 12PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (26 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
1.2
E
2
E
2.1
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
Period(s) (?)66610109812111111111111111010101057788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7144303433312524233131303029553727656565345465553553
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
SW
5
N
10
NNW
5
N
10
WNW
10
SW
10
E
20
ENE
35
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
40
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
offglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
onononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
1.91
2:55PM
1.85
3:40AM
1.89
4:02PM
1.81
4:46AM
1.90
5:09PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:49AM
0.40
9:18PM
0.28
9:56AM
0.43
10:23PM
0.29
11:04AM
0.42
11:28PM
0.28
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
Sunrise-6:58--------7:00-------7:01-----
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------7:58--
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------122----
Temp. °C191818191919191919192020212121212020191919191919
Feels °C (?)181717181819191919202121212121202017141313131313
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