Kaituna Cut surfForecast / Bay of Plenty / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 06 Sep 2025 NZST
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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
14.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kaituna Cut today?

The current surf forecast for Kaituna Cut at 6PM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 06). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Sep)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (06 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (06 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)8s

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

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Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NNW
1.8
N
1.7
N
1.4
N
1.1
N
1
N
0.8
N
0.9
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.3
NNE
1.2
NNE
1.1
N
1
N
0.9
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.8
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.7
NE
0.6
NNE
0.6
NNE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)688887789999888888888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)16037136822314012212111924328724722715512797849063644754393534
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
E
20
SE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:29PM
1.66
5:46AM
1.60
6:16PM
1.76
6:36AM
1.68
7:02PM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
0.31
11:45PM
0.34
11:59AM
0.23
12:34AM
0.23
12:49PM
0.16
1:22AM
0.13
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Sunrise6:28-------6:26-------6:26-------
Sunset--5:55-------5:57-------5:58-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
521---------------------
Temp. °C13121112109981115151310989101313129876
Feels °C (?)1188844346998664457764432
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Bay of Plenty

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 4 km from Mount Maunganui has become light (light winds from the SW at Tauranga Airport). Waves should be turning clean at Mount Maunganui. A 1.1m swell from the N

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1 h 11 min ago

2 km/h
SW
Clean
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