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Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 10 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
18.9° C
 (Which is 4.4°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 3PM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Afternoon (10 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)11s
Evening (10 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
1
N
0.2
S
1.1
N
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
0.1
S
0.1
E
0.2
SSE
2.4
S
0.5
SSE
0.5
SE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
NNE
Period(s) (?)4511111141441111109917157101212131211115
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)722333016441111900644118378683228313033
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
35
WNW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
35
NNW
45
NNW
50
NNW
45
NW
45
NW
40
WNW
30
SW
30
WNW
10
S
20
SSW
10
NNW
5
WSW
15
SE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:15AM
1.83
11:48PM
1.76
12:09PM
1.76
12:42AM
1.73
1:01PM
1.70
1:33AM
1.73
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:31PM
0.27
5:54AM
0.37
6:20PM
0.33
6:45AM
0.43
7:07PM
0.38
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-------6:01-------6:01-------6:03
Sunset---9:10-------9:10-------9:09----
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1-1211-------
Temp. °C242727252221212226282820201711111213131413131211
Feels °C (?)18212019161413121820211615167911108108999
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