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Kekerengu surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 12 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
16.8° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kekerengu today?

The current surf forecast for Kekerengu at 10PM is: 1.2m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Feb)--
Afternoon (12 Feb)2ft (0.6m)11s
Evening (12 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.2
ENE
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.9
N
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.6
E
0.8
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.8
SSW
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
2.3
S
3
S
3
S
3.5
S
4
S
Period(s) (?)11115666444888866666667889
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)91827750413327303145799677248225235240233273442757125317512611
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
N
20
N
20
N
20
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
20
N
15
NNW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
30
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
45
SSW
50
SSW
55
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:34AM
1.33
2:54PM
1.22
3:20AM
1.34
3:39PM
1.22
4:06AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:13PM
0.31
8:50AM
0.33
8:58PM
0.30
9:37AM
0.33
9:44PM
0.29
10:24AM
0.31
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:43-------6:45--
Sunset-8:32-------8:31-------8:30------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232220201919202121211915141414151615141413131516
Feels °C (?)19191717161617181919181110910101110866445
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