Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 29 Nov 2025 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
15.7° C
(Which is 3.4°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 2PM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 29). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (29 Nov)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (29 Nov)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tue
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
1
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.9
NE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
SSW
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.1
ENE
0.8
S
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101010101010101051010999999891111810
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1551181168020877775655439811713613929516810371621021442818585
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
WSW
5
NW
5
NE
10
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
20
N
25
N
20
N
30
N
10
WNW
15
NNW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SE
30
E
30
E
20
E
20
ENE
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononcross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:07PM
1.77
12:34AM
1.70
12:57PM
1.81
1:27AM
1.79
1:50PM
1.86
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:54AM
0.37
6:27PM
0.32
6:45AM
0.32
7:15PM
0.26
7:38AM
0.26
8:06PM
0.18
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tue
02
Sunrise-5:45-------5:43-------5:43------
Sunset-----8:49-------8:50-------8:51--
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111116192120181615151922212119171313161614141312
Feels °C (?)87131718171513141414171715171410111511810910
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