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Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 13 Jan 2026 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
18.7° C
 (Which is 4.1°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 8PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)--
Afternoon (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (13 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
SSE
1
E
0.5
S
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)10666777878887495146677888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2018182028303132313329111052542103105120131172159167138
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
5
E
10
SW
10
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
E
20
E
15
E
20
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
15
SSE
5
S
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		onononononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:51PM
1.67
2:21AM
1.74
2:38PM
1.66
3:07AM
1.77
3:23PM
1.67
3:51AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:54PM
0.41
8:24AM
0.49
8:39PM
0.43
9:12AM
0.49
9:24PM
0.42
9:58AM
0.47
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:05-------6:07--
Sunset-9:09-------9:09-------9:08------
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------------113344222212
Temp. °C181716151514151716161515141414141414141414131312
Feels °C (?)151615131212131513131212101111111211111010111211
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