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Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 18 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Kairaki Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kairaki Beach sea temperature is
17.6° C
 (Which is 2.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kairaki Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Kairaki Beach at 1PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (18 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s
Evening (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s

Table - waves today at Kairaki Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SSW
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
S
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)9998888887797799886814888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75757546585540333221212950492525242482359342238
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
5
S
10
E
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
N
10
NE
15
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NW
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		crossonononcross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:15AM
1.87
5:31PM
1.72
5:56AM
1.89
6:12PM
1.73
6:37AM
1.89
6:53PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:28AM
0.41
11:37PM
0.32
12:12PM
0.37
12:21AM
0.30
12:55PM
0.34
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise-6:09-------6:11-------6:11------
Sunset-----9:07-------9:07-------9:06--
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121214141414131312111314141413121211131414141313
Feels °C (?)991211101010111191110101010101110111110101010
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