Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.94° S 174.98° E

Karaka Street 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 25 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Karaka Street sea temperature is
13.8°C
0.5° 

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


How big are the waves at Karaka Street today (25 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with WSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 7s period with W swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Sep, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 7s period with W swell.

The current surf forecast for Karaka Street at 7PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Sep)3ft (0.9m)7s
Afternoon (25 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)7s
Evening (25 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

Table - waves today at Karaka Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 17mm), heaviest on Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Sun morning, min 9°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.

Fri
25
Saturday
26
Sunday
27
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
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
WSW
7
0.9
WSW
7
1.1
W
7
1.3
WSW
7
1.7
W
7
1.7
W
7
1.5
W
7
1.1
WSW
6
1.1
W
6
0.8
W
6
0.9
W
5
1.4
W
6
2.4
WNW
7
2.2
WNW
7
1.7
W
7
1.9
W
8
3
WNW
8
2.5
W
9
3
W
10
2.5
WSW
10
2.1
WSW
9
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
91
89
117
157
279
255
193
104
95
44
41
166
579
485
306
430
1374
1018
1858
1113
735
Wind (km/h)
10
NW
20
WNW
25
W
25
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
25
NW
35
WNW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
35
W
30
WSW
15
SW
Wind State
cross-off
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
9:21AM2.54m
9:32PM2.69m
9:57AM2.66m
10:07PM2.78m
10:31AM2.76m
Low Tide
3:28PM0.76m
3:47AM0.68m
4:03PM0.65m
4:22AM0.58m
4:39PM0.59m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
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6:05
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6:03
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7:01
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6:19
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6:20
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7:20
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 mm
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1
2
1
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1
1
1
1
1
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1
5
1
1
Temp °C
11
13
13
12
11
10
9
9
11
13
13
13
12
13
14
14
15
14
11
10
10
Feels °C
8
8
8
7
7
6
5
6
7
8
8
9
7
9
8
8
9
8
3
3
5
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