Kaituna Cut Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.75° S 176.44° E

Kaituna Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 12 pm 27 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kaituna Cut sea temperature is
17.1°C
1.5° 

Kaituna Cut surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Kaituna Cut today (27 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (27 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 6s period with NNW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (27 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 7s period with NNW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (27 Oct, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 7s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Kaituna Cut at 4PM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (27 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (27 Oct)4ft (1.2m)7s

Table - waves today at Kaituna Cut. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.

Tue
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.4
NNW
7
1.4
NNW
7
1.5
NNW
7
1.6
NNW
7
1.1
N
7
1.1
NNW
7
1
N
8
1
N
8
1
N
8
0.8
N
8
1.1
NNW
8
0.6
N
7
0.8
N
7
1.2
NW
6
0.9
NNW
6
0.9
NNW
6
1.1
NW
6
1.1
NW
6
1.2
NW
7
1.1
NNW
7
1.3
NNW
7
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
175
186
187
237
114
125
114
124
124
76
142
40
59
113
68
72
104
91
139
136
172
Wind (km/h)
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
20
SW
15
SW
20
WSW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
W
25
WNW
30
WNW
30
W
30
W
25
W
Wind State
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
off
off
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
High Tide
8:02AM1.82m
8:17PM1.83m
8:50AM1.89m
9:05PM1.85m
9:38AM1.93m
9:55PM1.85m
Low Tide
2:14PM0.18m
2:36AM0.03m
3:04PM0.14m
3:25AM-0.00m
3:55PM0.12m
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
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6:13
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6:11
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7:42
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7:43
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 mm
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2
2
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Temp °C
17
16
16
17
13
11
10
10
15
18
19
16
14
13
12
12
16
19
19
15
14
Feels °C
14
13
14
15
8
6
5
6
10
13
13
11
9
8
7
7
11
13
13
9
9
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