Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 22 Mar 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 2.1°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 7AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (22 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101010101010101010101010101010101010666615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1641611611271251231239089889067676870494933312529313375
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NE
0
E
10
E
15
E
10
E
5
E
5
WSW
5
W
5
NW
5
NE
15
E
20
E
20
E
15
ENE
10
E
5
ESE
5
W
5
WSW
5
SE
15
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassonononglassoffglassglasscross-
on
onononononglassoffoffglassonon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:29PM
1.99
7:53AM
1.94
8:23PM
2.02
8:48AM
1.92
9:20PM
2.02
9:47AM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:52AM
0.14
2:15PM
0.12
2:48AM
0.15
3:10PM
0.13
3:46AM
0.17
4:07PM
0.14
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise----7:31-------7:33-------7:35---
Sunset-------7:38-------7:37-------7:35
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121212121316161514131312121414141414141415201916
Feels °C (?)101011111314131314121312111210111213141314191714
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