Kekerengu surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 27 Dec 2025 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
16.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kekerengu today?

The current surf forecast for Kekerengu at 5PM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 27). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (27 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (27 Dec)0.5ft (0.2m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.2
ENE
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SE
1.6
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SSE
1.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)88777777139944910999956666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6655555438878810172810820782163221160223
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
E
20
S
10
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
S
35
S
35
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:09AM
1.38
11:36PM
1.28
11:57AM
1.38
12:27AM
1.33
12:49PM
1.38
1:20AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:32PM
0.19
5:46AM
0.21
6:18PM
0.17
6:39AM
0.19
7:07PM
0.14
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Sunrise-------5:48-------5:48-------5:48
Sunset---9:00-------9:00-------9:00----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------21-1
Temp. °C171816161414131315151615131212131516151413131313
Feels °C (?)15151214121210101212131212109101010887666
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