Kairaki Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 22 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 4AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (22 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)9s
Evening (22 Nov)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.7
NE
0.3
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)101010999999999499999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12883714949108106106659410126181690453127271616165517
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
WSW
5
SW
0
N
10
ENE
20
E
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
SSW
15
WSW
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
onononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
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
2:44PM
0.44
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise---5:48-------5:48-------5:48----
Sunset-------8:39-------8:42-------8:43
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------------11---
Temp. °C111010111213131212111111131414141312111110101010
Feels °C (?)77810998788910121211121210987767
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