Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Friday 17 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
15.0° C
(Which is 2.4°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 3PM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)14s
Afternoon (17 Apr)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
1
NE
1
NE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.2
S
0.2
E
0.2
ENE
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)14141313555516129121277889101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)363532314141373719117331919645366102152109857455
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
15
N
35
NNW
30
NNE
30
NNE
20
N
25
NNW
20
NNE
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
10
NW
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
W
20
WSW
15
SW
20
S
10
SSW
15
SW
20
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:23PM
2.01
4:46AM
1.98
5:14PM
2.08
5:39AM
1.99
6:09PM
2.13
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:11AM
0.13
10:40PM
0.12
11:03AM
0.08
11:36PM
0.10
11:57AM
0.06
12:34AM
0.09
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise7:03-------7:03-------7:05-------
Sunset--5:52-------5:51-------5:50-----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-------------------56221
Temp. °C10171717171718151719181614121091215141111111110
Feels °C (?)71310111113131112131310119668111098765
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