Kekerengu surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 NZST
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Kekerengu surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kekerengu sea temperature is
14.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Kekerengu today?

The current surf forecast for Kekerengu at 10AM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 2.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s
Afternoon (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s
Evening (22 Apr)8ft (2.5m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
1.9
S
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)99999988988101010101099998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)182018181866176116301440101084698672048834129430125824219714915810684727272
Wind
(km/h)
50
S
50
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NE
5
E
0
WNW
5
NW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:55AM
1.47
9:23PM
1.64
9:52AM
1.45
10:20PM
1.62
10:49AM
1.43
11:17PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:53AM
0.01
3:07PM
0.02
3:50AM
0.02
4:04PM
0.04
4:46AM
0.04
5:00PM
0.06
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise--7:01-------7:01-------7:03-----
Sunset----5:42-------5:39-------5:38---
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1---1-------------------
Temp. °C109999999991112121010101010111313121212
Feels °C (?)-1-2-100123336898877791112111010
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