Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 04 Jul 2025 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
10.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Kairaki Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Kairaki Beach at 7AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00am July 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (04 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (04 Jul)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.9
E
1
E
2
E
2.3
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
Period(s) (?)9910101010101010101099910101010101010101010101010101010101616101010109101010101099121212121212121211111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)677617117818019818015114011411180807782969897909067656562424233542626304544552632272627676315517021332015722091664669679624704699675574691682616577497
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
0
ESE
5
NE
5
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
E
5
ENE
5
NE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
25
NE
25
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassglassglassonglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:00PM
1.70
12:18AM
1.68
12:49PM
1.70
1:06AM
1.66
1:36PM
1.73
1:52AM
1.66
2:20PM
1.76
2:37AM
1.67
3:04PM
1.80
3:20AM
1.69
3:47PM
1.84
4:03AM
1.71
4:29PM
1.88
4:45AM
1.72
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:37AM
0.37
6:01PM
0.46
6:23AM
0.41
6:49PM
0.48
7:07AM
0.42
7:37PM
0.49
7:52AM
0.43
8:25PM
0.48
8:37AM
0.41
9:11PM
0.46
9:22AM
0.39
9:58PM
0.43
10:08AM
0.35
10:43PM
0.39
10:53AM
0.31
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Sunrise--8:02-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00-------7:58-
Sunset----5:04-------5:05-------5:06-------5:06-------5:07-------5:07-------5:07-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C776810988778899998889999988891010998888999998899999998101110101099811
Feels °C (?)3335875544556777667877776667777766666555433334566657878877510
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