Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 10 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
15.6° C
(Which is 2.7°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 3AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)6s
Afternoon (11 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (11 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)99966778899999991010111212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)220161242131145154176263402396388337344344397878276356476847920920905887
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
10
ENE
15
E
20
ENE
15
E
5
S
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:27PM
1.71
11:49AM
1.58
12:12AM
1.72
12:33PM
1.61
12:56AM
1.75
1:17PM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:35AM
0.49
5:46PM
0.46
6:20AM
0.46
6:31PM
0.42
7:04AM
0.41
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise----6:56-------6:58-------6:58---
Sunset-------6:02-------6:00------5:59-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121212121215161515141315151817161515141214192118
Feels °C (?)899991112121312111213151314151311811171714
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