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Kairaki Beach Surf Forecast
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Surf Forecasts:
Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 14 Sep 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at Kairaki Beach today?
The current surf forecast for Kairaki Beach at 9PM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (14 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (14 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 11s |
| Evening (14 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Kairaki Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 82 | 68 | 43 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 40 | 13 | 32 | 45 | 11 | 42 | 74 | 69 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross | glass | off | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | cross- on | on | on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 10:25PM 1.88 | 11:01AM 2.01 | 11:29PM 1.87 | 12:03PM 2.01 | 12:29AM 1.87 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 4:18PM 0.19 | 4:40AM 0.15 | 5:18PM 0.21 | 5:39AM 0.16 | 6:17PM 0.23 | 6:36AM 0.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:28 | - |
| Sunset | - | 6:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:17 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 13 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury
Continuing clean conditions at Kairaki Beach (calm at Christchurch International Airport 16 km from Kairaki Beach). 1.5m 10s swell from the SSE to make surfable waves.
16 km away, 1 h 32 min ago
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