Kaituna Cut surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 26 Dec 2025 NZDT
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Kaituna Cut surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kaituna Cut sea temperature is
19.8° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kaituna Cut today?

The current surf forecast for Kaituna Cut at 1PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a North direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Dec)2ft (0.6m)14s
Afternoon (26 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (26 Dec)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Mon
29
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
1.1
N
1.5
N
1.2
N
1.3
N
1.5
N
1.5
N
1.4
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.2
N
1.1
N
1
N
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
1
NNE
0.8
NNE
1
NE
Period(s) (?)1414131366667877788877777776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1321401308987165106130210255210143114140192172134103797979886264
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
NNW
20
N
20
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
15
W
15
W
10
SW
5
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
20
NNW
10
NW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
ENE
10
E
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
crossoffoffglassglassonononcross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:54AM
1.71
12:14AM
1.54
12:37PM
1.70
1:05AM
1.55
1:25PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
0.28
6:18PM
0.31
6:25AM
0.30
7:04PM
0.28
7:14AM
0.32
7:52PM
0.25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Mon
29
Sunrise-5:50-------5:50-------5:52------
Sunset-----8:37-------8:37-------8:37--
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------131---------------
Temp. °C161619202120201918161819201917141414171819191817
Feels °C (?)151518171919191917151817171615121213161616181713
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