Kekerengu surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 11 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
14.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kekerengu today?

The current surf forecast for Kekerengu at 3PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (11 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (11 Apr)7ft (2.1m)7s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
2
3
4
2
1
4
3
3
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.7
E
1.6
E
1.8
E
2.3
ENE
1.9
E
2.5
ENE
2.1
E
2
E
2.4
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.4
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.5
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)1010101077888899101011121212111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17914514511538536033732645073755495578780814131839174715731214951730461279230
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
20
N
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NE
5
SE
15
SSW
25
SW
25
SSW
10
W
10
N
5
N
10
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:54AM
1.20
12:15AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:57PM
0.31
6:34AM
0.30
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise6:48-------6:50-------6:52-------
Sunset--5:59-------5:57-------5:54-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------47116----------
Temp. °C151920181616171717191616161616161719201816151413
Feels °C (?)1214151513121314141817151313151517171816131198
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