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Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 29 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
16.0° C
 (Which is 1.0°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: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jan)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (30 Jan)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (30 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
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
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
ESE
0.3
E
0.7
SSE
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.3
ENE
0.5
E
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101051012121111111111111110111111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1820172317122765981079138373737373838383744374259
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SE
5
SW
5
NE
5
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
W
5
W
5
E
20
E
15
E
10
E
10
E
5
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
20
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
on		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:13PM
1.88
2:49AM
2.06
3:11PM
1.93
3:45AM
2.12
4:07PM
1.97
4:40AM
2.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:25PM
0.13
9:04AM
0.20
9:23PM
0.08
10:02AM
0.15
10:20PM
0.04
10:58AM
0.12
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----6:24-------6:26-------6:28--
Sunset-8:58-------8:57-------8:55------
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232115141414141415151414131215171716151514141517
Feels °C (?)21191413131210911111113121115161414151513131414
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