Kahutara Surf Forecast
/ Kaikoura and Marlborough (12 surf breaks) / New Zealand (440 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (42.43° S 173.59° E)

Kahutara Surf Forecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand
Actual: 53 min ago

How big are the waves at Kahutara today?
The current surf forecast for Kahutara at 9PM is: 0.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (17 Apr) | - | - |
Afternoon (17 Apr) | 5ft (1.5m) | 7s |
Evening (17 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Kahutara. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Swell Height Map |
Wave Height (m) & direction (?) |
Period(s) (?) |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() |
Energy (?) |
Wind (km/h) |
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy |
High Tide / height (m) |
Low Tide / height (m) |
Summary |
Rain (mm) |
Temp. °C |
Chill °C (?) |
Sunrise |
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S | S | SSE | SSW | SE | SSW | SE | SE | SSW | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | NE | S | SSW | SSW | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | ENE | NE | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
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233 | 189 | 85 | 84 | 75 | 72 | 56 | 44 | 65 | 106 | 104 | 146 | 104 | 107 | 107 | 107 | 119 | 170 | 183 | 339 | 417 | 322 | 242 | 233 | 163 | 75 | 74 | 95 | 42 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 108 | 111 | 92 | 68 | 42 | 72 | 66 | 116 | 55 | 55 | 66 | 90 | 81 | 78 | 73 | 50 | 50 | 49 | 23 | 22 | 194 | 183 | 255 | 236 | 226 | 227 | 219 | 219 |
SSW | SSE | NE | NE | N | WNW | W | ESE | ENE | NNE | NNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | WNW | ESE | ENE | NE | N | WNW | W | W | WSW | E | E | WNW | N | N | WNW | WSW | SW | S | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | E | NE | NE | ENE | NE | NNW | WNW | NW | NW | WNW | NW | NNE | N | NW | WNW | WNW | WSW | SSW | SW | E | NE | NE | N | NW |
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8:36PM 1.85 | 9:09AM 1.75 | 9:19PM 1.84 | 9:55AM 1.74 | 10:06PM 1.83 | 10:41AM 1.74 | 10:57PM 1.82 | 11:29AM 1.75 | 11:49PM 1.84 | 12:18PM 1.78 | 12:40AM 1.88 | 1:09PM 1.85 | 1:30AM 1.95 | 1:59PM 1.93 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2:20PM 0.70 | 2:49AM 0.71 | 3:06PM 0.72 | 3:37AM 0.71 | 3:56PM 0.71 | 4:28AM 0.69 | 4:46PM 0.68 | 5:20AM 0.65 | 5:36PM 0.63 | 6:11AM 0.58 | 6:26PM 0.57 | 6:59AM 0.51 | 7:17PM 0.50 | 7:47AM 0.44 | 8:11PM 0.43 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: the tide data above is for Kaikoura, New Zealand which is 9 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Kahutara.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 17 | Sunday 18 | Monday 19 | Tuesday 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | Friday 23 | Saturday 24 | Sun 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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