Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
16.3° C
(Which is 3.2°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 11AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (07 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (07 Apr)6ft (1.8m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
3
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)56778899999910101010101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)421192042583454354904743974561535418463500410349356294235188180144149138
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
30
ENE
30
ENE
25
NE
25
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
20
NNW
30
NW
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
N
20
N
20
N
25
NW
25
NW
5
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:30AM
1.67
8:57PM
1.76
9:21AM
1.63
9:48PM
1.73
10:12AM
1.60
10:38PM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:26AM
0.42
2:41PM
0.43
3:15AM
0.46
3:28PM
0.46
4:02AM
0.49
4:15PM
0.48
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise--6:52-------6:52-------6:54-----
Sunset-----6:08-------6:07-------6:06--
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------2----------------
Temp. °C141414151616151414141522222020191819192323211515
Feels °C (?)11109101111111011121318161616151516161818201211
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