Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 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 2AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)9s
Afternoon (12 Apr)5ft (1.5m)9s
Evening (12 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
!
1
0
0
0
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
3
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)78899999991010111212131212111111101414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1922704124744061431400495367259282410469847934965884722573403326206140134
Wind
(km/h)
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
15
NE
10
ENE
15
ENE
25
ENE
10
ESE
10
SSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
5
W
5
NW
5
NNE
25
N
25
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
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
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:46PM
0.46
6:20AM
0.46
6:31PM
0.42
7:04AM
0.41
7:17PM
0.36
7:49AM
0.34
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-
Sunset-6:02-------6:00------5:59-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161514141315161716161615131213181918161514131517
Feels °C (?)1211111110121414121516138812161712119881114
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