Kekerengu surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 20 Feb 2026 NZDT
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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
16.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kekerengu today?

The current surf forecast for Kekerengu at 7AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
E
1.4
E
0.9
ENE
0.9
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
1
S
1.4
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)121112111210101010101010101110109988815148
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4164992441671691161301251009896216424657477267169101694933393736
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
5
WSW
10
SSE
15
ESE
20
SSE
10
SSW
5
NNW
0
NNE
5
ESE
10
ENE
20
NE
30
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
5
SW
5
SE
15
SSE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:32PM
1.32
7:58AM
1.43
8:21PM
1.35
8:46AM
1.43
9:12PM
1.40
9:37AM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:45AM
0.15
2:19PM
0.16
2:37AM
0.13
3:07PM
0.13
3:29AM
0.12
3:56PM
0.12
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise---6:50-------6:52-------6:54----
Sunset-------8:22-------8:21-------8:19
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191716151919201514141413141617181716141418181917
Feels °C (?)171515131818171012131312111211121313101017161615
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