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Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 16 Feb 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
18.7° C
 (Which is 3.5°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: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (16 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (16 Feb)6ft (1.8m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
SE
1.3
E
1.4
ENE
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.3
E
1.2
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
SE
0.6
ESE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)101091212131313131212111110101099999998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2903712584495798751094101293284377662152436730614513384534141393936
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
30
SW
40
SW
40
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
40
WSW
45
SW
45
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
ENE
15
E
20
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglassglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:42AM
1.87
4:57PM
1.74
5:22AM
1.90
5:38PM
1.77
6:03AM
1.92
6:20PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:18PM
0.33
10:52AM
0.37
11:03PM
0.28
11:36AM
0.32
11:48PM
0.24
12:20PM
0.28
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise---6:48-------6:50-------6:52----
Sunset-------8:36-------8:34-------8:32
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--132223654211----------
Temp. °C141312121212121212121112121314151413131315161616
Feels °C (?)8745544444466810121211121314141314
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