Kekerengu surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 28 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
16.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Kekerengu today?

The current surf forecast for Kekerengu at 1PM is: 0.5m 6s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.1m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)2ft (0.6m)5s
Afternoon (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Evening (28 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
1.7
S
2.4
S
2
S
2.5
S
3.5
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)5556568551391313578789999912
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19191415713212718353857871475854667661763264326062281203819172966
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
W
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
W
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
45
S
30
SSW
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:42AM
1.55
3:07PM
1.39
3:38AM
1.55
4:02PM
1.39
4:33AM
1.54
4:57PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:04AM
0.13
9:18PM
0.09
10:01AM
0.12
10:15PM
0.09
10:57AM
0.12
11:11PM
0.09
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tue
03
Sunrise--7:01-------7:01-------7:03-----
Sunset-----8:09-------8:07-------8:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------741--------
Temp. °C1111131515151313131315151511910109111213131110
Feels °C (?)99111211121211111112111133431233445
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