Kaituna Cut Surf Break

Lat Long: 37.75° S 176.44° E

Kaituna Cut 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Kaituna Cut sea temperature is
14.6°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 (09 Sep):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (09 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 8s period with N swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (09 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Kaituna Cut at 12AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)--
Afternoon (09 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)8s
Evening (09 Sep)2.5ft (0.8m)8s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 8°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light.

Tue
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
N
8
0.8
NNE
8
0.8
N
8
0.6
N
8
0.7
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.6
N
7
0.7
N
7
0.2
NNE
15
0.2
NNE
15
0.2
NNE
15
0.4
NE
8
0.4
NE
7
0.4
NE
7
0.5
NE
7
0.4
NE
14
0.4
NE
14
0.3
NE
14
0.4
NE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
132
81
74
41
51
36
34
44
21
22
21
20
19
19
24
47
46
29
45
Wind (km/h)
10
N
10
N
10
NE
10
E
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
E
10
NE
5
NNE
5
W
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WNW
20
NW
15
W
10
WNW
10
W
Wind State
cross-on
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
3:55PM1.73m
4:18AM1.65m
4:55PM1.78m
5:19AM1.69m
5:51PM1.84m
Low Tide
10:12PM0.30m
10:34AM0.19m
11:14PM0.23m
11:33AM0.15m
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:24
6:22
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:58
5:59
6:00
 mm
Temp °C
14
13
12
12
10
10
10
13
13
13
11
9
9
8
11
14
16
14
11
Feels °C
11
11
10
9
8
7
7
10
11
11
9
7
6
5
8
10
13
11
9
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