Kekerengu surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
15.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kekerengu today?

The current surf forecast for Kekerengu at 11AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (21 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)111110101010109991010101010101010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6765855435144433843772272372072692312262212312261921921541511361289088
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSW
5
S
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
NNE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
0
WNW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
E
10
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
15
N
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglasscross-
on
glassonglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:31AM
1.44
7:56PM
1.47
8:23AM
1.45
8:50PM
1.52
9:17AM
1.45
9:45PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22AM
0.10
1:48PM
0.10
2:17AM
0.08
2:40PM
0.08
3:13AM
0.06
3:33PM
0.07
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise--7:26-------7:26-------7:28-----
Sunset-----7:35-------7:32-------7:30--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121213141413121212121416161514141313151719171717
Feels °C (?)101011121211101011111315161514141312141515151414
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