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Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 14 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 6PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Evening (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
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
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.7
SSE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSE
1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)8898877139466677777777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32328023231810582540891051191311241068664595948525447
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
WNW
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
15
E
25
ESE
35
ESE
25
ESE
20
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
20
SE
10
S
10
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassononononcross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:38PM
1.66
3:07AM
1.77
3:23PM
1.67
3:51AM
1.80
4:07PM
1.69
4:33AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:24AM
0.49
8:39PM
0.43
9:12AM
0.49
9:24PM
0.42
9:58AM
0.47
10:09PM
0.39
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-------6:05-------6:07-------6:07
Sunset---9:09-------9:08-------9:08----
cloud
cloud
cloud
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
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------135432331145441---
Temp. °C151617161514131314141414141414141313131213121211
Feels °C (?)1415131313121213121089111010101212121011998
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