Kaituna Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 37.75° S 176.44° E

Issued: 6 pm 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Kaituna Cut sea temperature is

15.5°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 Oct):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 9s period with NE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with NE swell.

The current surf forecast for Kaituna Cut at 11PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (08 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s
Evening (08 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	9s

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

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 14°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 8			Friday 9								Saturday 10
	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)	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8
Wave Graph
kJ	263	230	199	142	136	97	95	93	77	61	60	58	57	46	46	46	46	46	46
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSW	S	SE	ESE	E	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	ENE	NE	NNE	NW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	glassy	off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	glassy	on	cross-on	cross	cross
High Tide		5:37PM1.75m				6:07AM1.67m				6:29PM1.77m				6:59AM1.72m					7:18PM1.78m
Low Tide				11:57PM0.22m				12:17PM0.24m				00:49AM0.17m					1:09PM0.22m


	—	—	—	—	6:39	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:37	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	7:22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:24	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	18	15	15	15	16	17	18	19	18	16	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	16
Feels °C	16	17	12	13	13	14	14	15	16	16	14	13	13	14	15	15	15	15	15
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 9	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8	NE 8
kJ	263	230	199	142	136	97	95	93	77	61	60	58	57	46	46	46	46	46	46
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 13	N 13	N 13	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 12	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 11	NNE 10
kJ	3	3	14	23	24	25	26	28	28	28	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	22	11
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	N 11	—	N 11	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10
kJ	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	—	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SSE 2	SSE 2	SSE 2	SSE 2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	54	54	3	0	0	3	0	0	78	125	12	12
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1
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Rating (10 max)	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	3	4	1	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	7	5	5

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