Kalapaki Beach Surf Forecast and Surf Report

Alright, Rusty here. Let’s talk about this stretch of waves.

Right off the bat, I gotta be straight with you: it’s a tough run for Kalapaki Beach. The whole 16-day window is looking pretty grim. For the first week and a half, the wind is howling out of the east-northeast at a solid 16 mph, blowing straight across or onshore, and it’s chopping everything up. The wave comment keeps saying "poor surf conditions" and the scores back that up – there’s just no quality on offer. You’re looking at a real dry spell.

The only tiny glimmer of hope, and I mean tiny, shows up on the morning of Wednesday, September 2nd. We get a long-period groundswell from the south, 16 seconds, pushing about 3ft. The combined energy still feels moderate (921), but the problem is the wind is still cross-shore at 16 mph from the ENE, so the surface is going to be lumpy and won’t do that long-period energy any favors. It’s still a “marginal” call.

The water temp is sitting at 81°F with an anomaly of just 0.7° – so about average for the time of year. Not that it’ll matter much, because you’ll be fighting that chop.

Then from the 6th of September into the second week, things actually get bigger. Swell climbs to 6-7ft, even 10ft on the afternoon of Sunday the 6th, with energy jumping into the strong range (1435). But it’s all short-period, 8-9 seconds, wind-blown slop from the ENE and NE. The wind stays fresh at 19-22 mph. That kind of setup at a beach with this cross-shore chop? It’s more interesting for kite surfing than paddling. Definitely not a go for beginners, and even for the experienced guys it’s a messy, blown-out session. The recommendations stay at zero or one out of ten the whole way.

By the time you hit the 10th, the swell drops right down, back to 2ft, but the period stretches out to 15-18 seconds from the SSW. That’s all that nice long-period groundswell, but there’s no size and the wind is still playing up, so it’s not making anything happen.

Bottom line: it’s a 16-day stretch that’s basically a write-off. There are no standout days, no clean glassy windows, and the breaks are too inconsistent or blown out to call anything a proper score. It’s one of those periods where you just have to sit tight and hope the next forecast changes.

Rusty.

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