Kaitoke Beach surfForecast / Great Barrier Island / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
20.5° C
(Which is 1.5°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 12PM is: 0.3m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (16 Apr)2ft (0.6m)6s
Evening (16 Apr)0.5ft (0.2m)14s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.6
NNW
0.3
ESE
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
2
N
2.5
N
Period(s) (?)111111116111414141414141313131312121212121267
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42404023232316374140676359878654504948472727308736
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
40
W
40
W
40
WSW
40
WSW
40
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
W
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
30
WNW
30
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
40
N
45
N
50
N
55
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sun
19
Sunrise--6:43-------6:43-------6:45-----
Sunset----5:52-------5:50-------5:49---
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
---1------------------11
Temp. °C181818181817171717171717171818181819191919191919
Feels °C (?)1211111199101112121314141515131313121312121211
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  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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