Kaitoke Beach Surf Break

Lat Long: 36.24° S 175.48° E

Kaitoke Beach 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 am 24 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kaitoke Beach sea temperature is
15.3°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 (24 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (24 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with ESE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 6s period with ESE swell.

The current surf forecast for Kaitoke Beach at 8AM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Sep)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (24 Sep)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (24 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Sat night, min 10°C on Thu morning). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Thu morning, strong winds from the WSW by Sat afternoon).

Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
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
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SE
6
1.3
ESE
7
1.2
ESE
7
0.9
ESE
6
0.9
ESE
6
0.7
ESE
6
0.5
ESE
6
0.5
E
6
0.2
E
15
0.2
E
14
0.2
E
14
0.3
ESE
13
0.3
ESE
13
0.4
ESE
14
0.4
ESE
12
0.4
ESE
12
0.4
ESE
12
0.5
ESE
13
0.5
ESE
13
0.5
ESE
13
0.5
ESE
13
0.5
ESE
13
0.4
ESE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
61
158
121
61
43
31
17
15
17
16
15
35
35
65
49
48
49
99
99
99
98
95
55
Wind (km/h)
30
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
10
S
15
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
W
40
W
35
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
4:45AM1.65m
5:14PM1.80m
5:34AM1.73m
5:58PM1.88m
6:20AM1.82m
6:40PM1.96m
Low Tide
10:56AM0.45m
11:31PM0.45m
11:44AM0.38m
00:16AM0.34m
12:30PM0.32m
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:05
6:03
6:01
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:15
6:15
6:16
 mm
1
1
1
4
2
Temp °C
11
11
10
10
12
13
11
11
11
11
12
12
13
13
13
12
12
13
12
13
13
13
13
Feels °C
4
4
4
6
7
5
3
5
6
6
7
7
6
6
6
6
7
7
6
6
7
5
6
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