Kiritehere Beach

Waikato, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

Conditions at 5:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Good

Head-high (1.7 m) at 12 s, heading toward ENE, with strong cross-offshore wind toward ENE.

Swell

1.7 m

ENE

12 s

Wind

38 km/h

ENE

Cross-offshore

Tide

2.2 m

Falling

Weather

11 °C

Light drizzle

14 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Fair

2.2 m · 12 s

ENE

26 km/h · 60 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

1.9 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

1 AM

Fair

2.2 m · 11 s

ENE

30 km/h · 60 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

2.1 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

2 AM

Fair

2.1 m · 11 s

ENE

32 km/h · 64 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

2.3 m

Drizzle · 12 °C

3 AM

Fair

2.1 m · 10 s

ENE

31 km/h · 68 km/h gusts

E

Cross-shore

2.4 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

4 AM

Fair

1.9 m · 11 s

ENE

31 km/h · 66 km/h gusts

ENE

Cross-shore

2.4 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

5 AM

Good

1.7 m · 12 s

ENE

38 km/h · 73 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

2.2 m

Light drizzle · 11 °C

6 AM

Good

1.5 m · 12 s

ENE

37 km/h · 80 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.9 m

Drizzle · 11 °C

7 AM

Fair

1.6 m · 11 s

ENE

35 km/h · 77 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.6 m

Mostly clear · 11 °C

8 AM

Fair

1.7 m · 10 s

E

36 km/h · 72 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.4 m

Light drizzle · 11 °C

9 AM

Fair

1.8 m · 9 s

E

36 km/h · 73 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.2 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

10 AM

Fair

2 m · 9 s

E

37 km/h · 74 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.2 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

11 AM

Fair

2.1 m · 11 s

ENE

38 km/h · 78 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.3 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

12 PM

Good

2.2 m · 12 s

ENE

38 km/h · 78 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.5 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

1 PM

Good

2.6 m · 12 s

ENE

37 km/h · 77 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.8 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

2 PM

Fair

2.9 m · 11 s

ENE

37 km/h · 78 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

2.1 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

3 PM

Fair

3.3 m · 11 s

ENE

38 km/h · 78 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

2.3 m

Light drizzle · 13 °C

4 PM

Fair

3.3 m · 11 s

ENE

38 km/h · 79 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

2.3 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

5 PM

Fair

3.3 m · 11 s

ENE

34 km/h · 76 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

2.3 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

6 PM

Fair

3.4 m · 11 s

ENE

32 km/h · 68 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

2.1 m

Mostly clear · 12 °C

7 PM

Poor

3.7 m · 11 s

ENE

28 km/h · 63 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.8 m

Clear · 12 °C

8 PM

Poor

4 m · 10 s

ENE

26 km/h · 56 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.5 m

Clear · 12 °C

9 PM

Good

4.3 m · 10 s

ENE

19 km/h · 51 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.3 m

Clear · 11 °C

10 PM

Good

4.2 m · 10 s

ENE

13 km/h · 38 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.1 m

Clear · 11 °C

11 PM

Good

4.2 m · 10 s

ENE

11 km/h · 26 km/h gusts

NNE

Offshore

1.1 m

Clear · 10 °C

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