Kekerengu surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 13 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
17.7° C
(Which is 2.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Kekerengu today?

The current surf forecast for Kekerengu at 1PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction, 1.5m 5s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
2.1
NNE
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
1.1
NE
1.1
SE
1.8
SE
1.9
SE
Period(s) (?)121111106101010999999999914135678
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7266215074183002772282191711661061061031279976785666596485295403
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNE
30
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
0
SE
0
WSW
5
NE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
SW
5
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
SSW
20
SE
25
SSE
25
S
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
1.32
1:57PM
1.26
2:25AM
1.32
2:43PM
1.24
3:11AM
1.33
3:30PM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:51AM
0.30
8:07PM
0.27
8:39AM
0.32
8:51PM
0.29
9:27AM
0.33
9:36PM
0.30
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise-6:03-------6:03-------6:05------
Sunset-----9:00-------8:59-------8:59--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------25358129521
Temp. °C111217192019171716151615151514141415151515151515
Feels °C (?)7914141617171616151514151514141414141413121111
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