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Kekerengu surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 11 Mar 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
15.6° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kekerengu today?

The current surf forecast for Kekerengu at 2AM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (12 Mar)6ft (1.9m)6s
Evening (12 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
2
1
1
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSE
1.1
ENE
0.7
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1.9
NE
1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.2
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
Period(s) (?)1111111061212126121212121314131413131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)152114818869137202232232268303314330503579637715704767704637618545480
Wind
(km/h)
15
E
10
ENE
10
N
10
N
10
N
20
N
25
N
35
N
35
NNE
30
N
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
N
30
N
25
N
25
N
10
NNW
20
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:24AM
1.34
12:46PM
1.23
1:10AM
1.33
1:31PM
1.22
1:55AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:07PM
0.30
6:41AM
0.30
6:51PM
0.31
7:26AM
0.32
7:35PM
0.31
8:12AM
0.32
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunrise------7:15-------7:16-------7:18-
Sunset-7:52-------7:50-------7:47------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------11--
Temp. °C161514131312152022211717181718192119151413131314
Feels °C (?)1313131110810141515111113121415181912107679
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