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Kaitoke Beach surfForecast / Great Barrier Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
18.2° 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 6PM is: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 20). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)8ft (2.5m)10s
Afternoon (20 Nov)7ft (2.2m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)6ft (1.9m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
1.2
NE
Period(s) (?)10101010101010109999999999999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12411063922763648588533460450370362320320276255255255226295295295264269264
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
NW
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		glassglasscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:52AM
1.88
8:01PM
1.82
8:32AM
1.92
8:41PM
1.82
9:11AM
1.93
9:21PM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:02PM
0.43
2:15AM
0.28
2:43PM
0.41
2:55AM
0.27
3:25PM
0.41
3:36AM
0.28
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-------5:58-------5:56-------5:56
Sunset---8:07-------8:08-------8:09----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------------12
Temp. °C161719191817161617171819191818181818191919191818
Feels °C (?)131518181615141517171718191919191919191820201919
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