Kairaki Beach Surf Forecast

/ Canterbury (28 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (43.39° S 172.71° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 05 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 12.8° C
(Which is 1.4°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 7PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	15s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	0.5ft (0.2m)	14s
Evening (05 Nov)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s

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

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	Wednesday 05					Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	9	15	14	14	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	76	21	20	70	57	47	33	33	20	13	10	15	9	8	8	14	46	43	79	30	29	29	29	18
Wind (km/h)	ENE	E	E	E	E	SE	W	NW	NW	NNW	NW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	NNW	ENE	E	E	E	ESE	ESE	W	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	glass	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				4:56PM 2.03				5:27AM 2.17				5:51PM 2.05				6:23AM 2.22				6:48PM 2.05
Low Tide / height (m)		10:49AM 0.07				11:12PM 0.01				11:47AM 0.04				12:08AM -0.02				12:47PM 0.02					1:06AM -0.03

	Wednesday 05					Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03
Sunset	-	-	-	8:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:21	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	18	22	24	19	14	12	11	11	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	11
Feels °C (?)	7	7	8	9	10	12	10	9	16	20	19	16	10	8	10	10	12	10	10	10	11	12	9	8

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