Kaituna Cut Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.75° S 176.44° E

Kaituna Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kaituna Cut sea temperature is
14.3°C
0.2° 

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


How big are the waves at Kaituna Cut today (03 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (03 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 10s period with NE swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (03 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (03 Sep, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Kaituna Cut at 6PM is: 0.2m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Sep)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Afternoon (03 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Evening (03 Sep)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 8°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.

Thu
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
N
11
0.1
NE
11
0.2
ENE
10
0.2
ENE
10
0.4
NNW
5
0.6
NNW
5
0.5
N
5
0.7
NW
5
0.9
NNW
5
0.9
NNW
6
1.3
NNW
6
1.6
NNW
6
1.7
NNW
7
1
N
7
0.9
NNW
7
0.8
NNW
7
0.6
NNW
7
0.5
NNW
7
0.7
NW
6
0.3
NNW
6
0.3
NNW
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
4
4
11
11
10
18
13
25
47
57
113
201
269
92
86
69
38
26
40
7
6
Wind (km/h)
10
W
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
20
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
WNW
20
WSW
20
W
15
W
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
20
W
20
W
15
WSW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
10:55AM1.74m
11:11PM1.74m
11:46AM1.72m
00:04AM1.70m
12:43PM1.70m
Low Tide
5:09PM0.25m
5:34AM0.16m
6:01PM0.29m
6:27AM0.19m
6:58PM0.33m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:33
6:31
6:30
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:53
5:54
5:55
 mm
1
3
1
Temp °C
12
16
18
15
14
13
12
12
14
16
14
15
12
11
10
9
11
16
18
14
12
Feels °C
10
12
14
11
12
11
10
9
10
11
10
12
8
7
6
5
7
12
13
10
9
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