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Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 21 Nov 2025 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
15.3° C
 (Which is 3.4°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 8PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)--
Afternoon (21 Nov)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (21 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
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
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
SE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101010109999999999999999599
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13313110974714963133106818686272626459045452727171616
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
15
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
5
SW
5
NE
15
E
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
ESE
15
ESE
20
E
15
E
5
SSE
10
WSW
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononglasscross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:28PM
1.71
6:53AM
1.85
7:13PM
1.69
7:37AM
1.83
7:57PM
1.66
8:21AM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:37AM
0.38
1:13PM
0.42
1:22AM
0.40
1:58PM
0.43
2:08AM
0.41
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise-----5:48-------5:48-------5:48--
Sunset-8:38-------8:39-------8:42------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C221711111112121312121211111113141414131211101010
Feels °C (?)20147810118978989101211111212108887
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