Kaituna Cut surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Thursday 26 Mar 2026 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
20.5° C
(Which is 1.0°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 3PM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (26 Mar)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (26 Mar)11ft (3.5m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
2
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NE
3
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
3.5
NE
4
NNE
4
NNE
4
NNE
4
NNE
4
NNE
3.5
NNE
3
NNE
3
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.2
NNE
2
NNE
1.8
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.6
NNE
1.5
NNE
1.4
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.1
NNE
1
NNE
Period(s) (?)88899910101010109988887777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)84212451453166020192415274131923126255222261694128890966648936826826121017314511493
Wind
(km/h)
40
ENE
35
ENE
35
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
35
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
35
NE
35
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
N
15
N
5
W
5
S
10
N
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:24PM
1.69
2:03AM
1.74
2:27PM
1.63
3:07AM
1.70
3:33PM
1.59
4:12AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:20AM
0.25
7:44PM
0.18
8:21AM
0.31
8:45PM
0.24
9:25AM
0.34
9:48PM
0.27
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise--------7:22-------7:22-------
Sunset---7:17-------7:15-------7:15----
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
55615877712731211---------
Temp. °C181817171717171718181919192019191921212019181817
Feels °C (?)131312131212121114131618182019222121212221191918
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