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Kairaki Beach Surf Forecast
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Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 NZDT
How big are the waves at Kairaki Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Kairaki Beach at 11AM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 2s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am October 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (15 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 10s |
| Evening (15 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Kairaki Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Sat 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 90 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 43 | 80 | 31 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross- on | on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross | off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:45PM 2.01 | 1:13AM 1.86 | 1:41PM 1.97 | 2:08AM 1.85 | 2:33PM 1.93 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:22AM 0.17 | 6:59PM 0.20 | 7:19AM 0.20 | 7:54PM 0.22 | 8:13AM 0.23 | 8:45PM 0.24 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Sat 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 7:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:53 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| Feels °C (?) | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 6 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury
Light wind has turned cross-on at Kairaki Beach (light winds from the ENE.(Wind varies from 030 to 090 degs) at Christchurch International Airport 16 km from Kairaki Beach). 0.3m 5s windswell from the SE with a 0.2m 9s swell from the ENE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
16 km away, 1 h 14 min ago
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