Kaitoke Beach surfForecast / Great Barrier Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 21 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
21.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Kaitoke Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Kaitoke Beach at 10PM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 21). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)--
Afternoon (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)8888888888888888886669109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)414040222121202020202221222223222321413624261627
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SSW
30
SW
25
SSW
10
S
10
ENE
5
NNE
10
WNW
20
SW
20
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
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
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:02PM
2.01
11:20AM
2.09
11:49PM
2.01
12:07PM
2.05
12:39AM
1.99
12:57PM
1.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:14AM
0.18
5:42PM
0.11
6:02AM
0.22
6:29PM
0.14
6:53AM
0.28
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-----6:56-------6:56-------6:58--
Sunset-8:07-------8:06-------8:05------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181918171616171820201819181717171819191817171718
Feels °C (?)171815141212121415151214131113161718181614131314
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