Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Karaka Street today (30 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 8s period with WSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Sep, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 7s period with WNW swell.
The current surf forecast for Karaka Street at 1AM is: 1.1m 8s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (30 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (30 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 14s |
| Evening (30 Sep) | 3ft (0.9m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Karaka Street. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 7°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 29 | Wednesday 30 | Thursday 1 | |||||||||||||||||
4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | W 8 | WSW 8 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | W 7 | WNW 7 | W 7 | WNW 6 | WNW 7 | W 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 268 | 227 | 185 | 167 | 159 | 124 | 113 | 110 | 107 | 88 | 89 | 64 | 135 | 308 | 478 | 336 | 356 | 678 | 623 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 00:57AM2.83m | 1:21PM2.80m | 1:38AM2.75m | 2:04PM2.72m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:54PM0.62m | 7:16AM0.62m | 7:37PM0.72m | 7:58AM0.73m | 8:25PM0.85m | ||||||||||||||
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 | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:23 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
Feels °C | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | W 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | W 7 | W 6 | WSW 7 | WSW 7 | SSW 13 | SW 14 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 |
| kJ | 268 | 227 | 185 | 167 | 159 | 124 | 96 | 75 | 73 | 73 | 57 | 64 | 80 | 161 | 245 | 33 | 49 | 375 | 344 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 |
| kJ | 104 | 104 | 104 | 105 | 116 | 113 | 113 | 110 | 107 | 71 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 55 | 33 | 24 | 44 | 49 | 31 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | SW 15 | SW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 58 | 34 | 53 | 53 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 37 | 39 | 25 | 25 | 25 | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | W 7 | W 7 | WNW 7 | WNW 5 | WNW 6 | WNW 7 | W 7 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | WNW 8 | WNW 8 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 88 | 88 | 89 | 45 | 135 | 308 | 478 | 336 | 356 | 678 | 623 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 150 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 19 | 143 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 19 |
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