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Kekerengu surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 18 Jan 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
16.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Kekerengu today?

The current surf forecast for Kekerengu at 10AM is: 1.9m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Afternoon (18 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)8s
Evening (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)888888888777777777788141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)60356252844334330027522920017415213211969694949373282636389123
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:27AM
1.38
5:46PM
1.24
6:12AM
1.40
6:31PM
1.24
6:57AM
1.41
7:16PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:48AM
0.30
11:53PM
0.26
12:35PM
0.28
12:39AM
0.23
1:21PM
0.25
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wed
21
Sunrise-6:07-------6:09-------6:11------
Sunset-----8:57-------8:57-------8:55--
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131314141414131313131314141413131211141515141313
Feels °C (?)667788899991010111111109111212121212
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