Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 15 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
15.3° C
(Which is 2.6°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 10AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 15). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (15 Apr)2ft (0.6m)12s
Evening (15 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
SE
0.3
E
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212111110111114101014141413555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)53825010310269694442394025212471352637363532406368
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
5
ENE
15
E
10
NNE
15
NNW
25
NW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
25
W
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
N
10
NE
25
NNW
25
NNE
30
NNE
25
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglassoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
1.85
2:46PM
1.82
3:09AM
1.90
3:33PM
1.92
3:56AM
1.95
4:23PM
2.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
0.27
8:54PM
0.23
9:22AM
0.19
9:46PM
0.17
10:11AM
0.13
10:40PM
0.12
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise--7:01-------7:01-------7:03-----
Sunset----5:55-------5:53-------5:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1091115151414131191116171511109891418171717
Feels °C (?)64713111110776891111877561113111112
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