Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Kairaki Beach today (24 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (24 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (24 Oct, local time) - 0.5ft (0.1m), 17s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Kairaki Beach at 11PM is: 0.1m 17s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 24). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (24 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (24 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.2m) | 10s |
| Evening (24 Oct) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 17s |
Table - waves today at Kairaki Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 9°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Sat afternoon, strong winds from the NNW by Mon afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||
Sat 24 | Sunday 25 | Monday 26 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SE 10 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 18 | S 17 | S 17 | E 13 | NE 4 | NNE 4 | E 12 | ENE 8 | S 16 | NNE 4 | N 4 | S 13 | E 12 | ENE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | glassy | cross-on | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross-on | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 3:50PM1.83m | 4:14AM1.85m | 4:35PM1.87m | 5:00AM1.94m | 5:22PM1.90m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:00PM0.26m | 10:24AM0.25m | 10:47PM0.20m | 11:16AM0.20m | |||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |  | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 8:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8:05 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 23 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 |
Feels °C | 22 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 9 | 10 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | NE 7 | NE 8 | NE 8 | NE 7 | ENE 6 | ENE 6 | S 17 | S 16 | E 13 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | NE 8 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | E 12 | ENE 9 |
| kJ | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | SE 9 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | S 17 | SE 9 | S 9 | S 16 | E 12 | NE 7 | ENE 8 | NE 4 | S 15 | S 14 | NE 8 | NE 8 | SE 12 |
| kJ | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 14 | SE 10 | S 17 | S 17 | S 17 | S 18 | SE 9 | E 13 | E 13 | S 9 | NE 7 | E 12 | E 12 | S 16 | E 12 | E 12 | S 13 | E 12 | E 12 |
| kJ | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 5 | NE 13 | NE 4 | NNE 4 | NW 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | NNE 4 | N 4 | N 4 | NNW 4 | N 4 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 44 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 24 | 33 | 36 | 34 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 24 | 24 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 12 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 52 | 147 | 147 | 147 | 147 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Canterbury | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Kairaki Beach surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest