Surf Break

Lat Long: 39.94° S 174.98° E

Karaka Street 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 am 08 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Karaka Street sea temperature is
14.0°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 (08 Oct):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 15s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Karaka Street at 11AM is: 0.3m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Oct)1ft (0.3m)16s
Afternoon (08 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)16s
Evening (08 Oct)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 12°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.

Thursday
8
Friday
9
Saturday
10
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
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
16
0.3
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.9
SSW
7
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.6
SW
17
0.6
SW
17
0.6
SW
17
0.6
SW
16
0.6
WSW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
15
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
0.4
SW
16
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
40
40
40
40
62
62
77
77
78
190
232
222
211
166
86
84
83
80
80
87
90
66
65
Wind (km/h)
5
NE
5
NE
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
15
S
15
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
SSW
5
SSE
0
N
0
NNE
Wind State
glassy
cross-off
cross-on
on
on
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
glassy
High Tide
9:25AM2.54m
9:47PM2.68m
10:12AM2.64m
10:30PM2.74m
10:53AM2.71m
Low Tide
3:15AM0.86m
3:37PM0.83m
4:01AM0.73m
4:22PM0.72m
4:43AM0.65m
5:03PM0.66m
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:45
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:43
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6:41
—
—
—
—
—
—
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
—
—
—
—
—
7:30
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:31
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7:32
—
 mm
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Temp °C
10
10
12
14
15
15
13
13
12
12
14
19
19
17
15
15
14
14
16
19
20
18
16
Feels °C
9
9
10
11
11
11
10
10
9
9
12
17
16
15
14
14
13
12
15
18
19
18
16
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Karaka Street surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest