Kaituna Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 37.75° S 176.44° E

Issued: 11 pm 07 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Kaituna Cut sea temperature is

14.8° C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Kaituna Cut today (08 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Jul, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 8s period with NNE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Jul, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 8s period with NNE swell.

The current surf forecast for Kaituna Cut at 3AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s
Afternoon (08 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	8s
Evening (08 Jul)	3.5ft (1.1m)	8s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed afternoon, min 9°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the S by Thu night).
		Wednesday 8								Thursday 9								Friday 10
	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 9	NNE 8	N 9	N 9	N 9	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 8	E 10	NE 8	NE 9	NE 9
Wave Graph
kJ	348	422	384	264	258	290	240	202	167	133	102	81	62	47	35	31	33	20	18	11	8	11	15	12
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SE	SSE	S	S	SW	W	SW	SW	SW	S	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	glassy	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	cross-off
High Tide		00:00AM1.67m					12:32PM1.55m				00:48AM1.67m				1:26PM1.59m				1:42AM1.67m				2:24PM1.63m
Low Tide					6:27AM0.28m				6:40PM0.36m				7:15AM0.25m				7:34PM0.36m				8:08AM0.22m


	—	—	—	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:28	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:09	—
mm	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	12	12	10	9	10	14	16	13	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Feels °C	8	9	7	6	7	13	15	9	8	7	7	8	8	6	6	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 9	NNE 8	N 9	N 9	N 9	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 8	NNE 7	NNE 7	NNE 7	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 7	NE 8	ENE 8	NE 8	NE 9	NE 9
kJ	348	422	384	264	258	290	240	202	167	133	102	81	62	47	35	31	33	20	18	11	7	11	12	12
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 9	ENE 9	NE 8	NE 8	ENE 10	ENE 10	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	E 9	NE 9	NNE 6	E 10	E 10	E 10	NNE 7	NNE 7	E 10	E 9	E 7
kJ	150	15	25	109	95	31	18	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	8	8	7	7	5	5	8	15	4
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 11	E 11	ENE 9	ENE 10	E 10	—	—	—	—	—	—	NE 9	NE 9	E 9	E 9	—	—	N 15	E 10	E 10	—	N 14	E 9
kJ	24	13	2	29	31	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	13	14	7	—	—	4	7	8	—	4	6
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SE 3	SSE 3	SSE 3	SSE 3	SSE 3	—	—	S 2	S 2	S 3	SSE 3	SSE 3	S 3	S 4	SSW 4	S 4	S 4	S 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4
kJ	—	4	4	3	3	2	—	—	1	1	1	2	3	7	12	21	14	17	23	27	21	24	17	11
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Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	4	2	1
Distance (km)	54	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	125	58	165	125	125	125	131	26	141	125	13
Best forecast wave conditions in Bay of Plenty	Ohiwa-Port Ohope	Whakatane Heads	Arataki	Ohiwa-Port Ohope	Motiti Island - Kaiwakawaka ree	Ohiwa-Port Ohope	Ohiwa-Port Ohope	Ohiwa-Port Ohope	Arataki	Ohiwa-Port Ohope	Ohiwa-Port Ohope	Ohiwa-Port Ohope	Ohiwa-Port Ohope		Ohope Beach						Mount Maunganui			Arataki
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1		1						1			1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Makorori Point Gisborne and Mahia	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Oakura Beach Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Weld Road Taranaki	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	7	7	6	5	6	5	6	5	5	5	5
Header Global	The Womb Australia	Currumbin Point Australia	Arrawarra Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Lucky Point Philippines	Trial Harbour Australia	Trial Harbour Australia	Weld Road New Zealand	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	Boneyards South Africa	Barbel Point South Africa	Glen Eden South Africa
Rating (10 max)	5	5	7	7	9	9	9	8	7	6	7	8	9	9	8	9	8	6	6	6	6	5	5	6

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