Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 11 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
15.5° 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 6AM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.6m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s
Evening (12 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
!
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
3
3
3
2
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
3
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)8999999910101111121312121211111010131013
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4125254241385391352406308282356452512905980920734528403332210164125117127
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
5
ENE
10
E
20
ENE
15
ESE
5
SW
15
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
10
W
5
NNE
10
NNE
25
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
5
NE
10
NNW
10
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:12AM
1.72
12:33PM
1.61
12:56AM
1.75
1:17PM
1.66
1:39AM
1.80
2:01PM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
0.46
6:31PM
0.42
7:04AM
0.41
7:17PM
0.36
7:49AM
0.34
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise----6:58-------6:58-------7:00---
Sunset-------6:00------5:59-------5:58-
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141414151617171616151312141819181615141315171816
Feels °C (?)10111212141514151613881217171210981012131411
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