Blue Duck Stream Surf Photo by Rob Davies

Lat Long: 42.28° S 173.78° E

Issued: 5 am 08 Aug 2026 (local time)

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Today's Blue Duck Stream sea temperature is

9.9° C

Blue Duck Stream surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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Open ocean wave model on 15 November at 12 pm

Forecast wind and swell just offshore from Blue Duck Stream around the time the photo was taken

Image captured 32 minutes before low water (at low spring tide). Tide height was -0.0m (-0.1 ft). Range 1.81m (5.9 ft). Toggle tide graph

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Iron Gate after the Uplift from the Kaikoura Earthquake, Blue Duck Stream

Blue Duck Stream Surf Photo: 'Iron Gate after the Uplift from the Kaikoura Earthquake' by Rob Davies

Uploaded so this site can figure where the tide was at the time of this image. That way we will get some idea of how much uplift there is at Iron Gate. This may not even be at low tide! First impressions for the Kaikoura breaks is that high water is now about where low water was at Kahutara and with that effect increasing as we go north to about Clarence. I have never seen the tide this low at Iron Gate and I fear the spot may no longer work at all.

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Country: New Zealand (2475 photos)

Photo taken at: 11:32 am 15 Nov 2016