Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 30 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
15.6° C
(Which is 3.2°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 5PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (30 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (30 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.5
E
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
E
1.1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)10101099999991115101011111111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)832411429829919913899862112811128211015812311426019855741337750
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
N
15
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
20
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
0
WNW
25
E
30
E
25
ESE
10
ESE
5
S
10
W
5
WSW
10
ENE
25
E
20
E
20
E
10
ESE
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassononononglassoffoffononononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:57PM
1.81
1:27AM
1.79
1:50PM
1.86
2:22AM
1.91
2:45PM
1.91
3:17AM
2.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:15PM
0.26
7:38AM
0.26
8:06PM
0.18
8:34AM
0.20
8:59PM
0.11
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Sunrise-------5:43-------5:43-------5:43
Sunset---8:50-------8:51-------8:52----
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C192220201815131217171614131311101415171614121313
Feels °C (?)1617171715121111171211101112981210131213899
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