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Waikuku Beach surf break

Waikuku Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 01 May 2025 NZST
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Waikuku Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waikuku Beach sea temperature is
15.2° C
(Which is 3.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waikuku Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Waikuku Beach at 10AM is: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am May 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)7ft (2.1m)10s
Afternoon (01 May)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (01 May)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SE
2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
2
SE
2
ESE
2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
NE
0.2
SSE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.5
NE
0.6
NE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
Period(s) (?)8910101111111111111111121111111110101010101010161516171716161412121111101010101095166677618171653161816161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)517637804690745868920938970926106410831102934817693572419326255209169125113173886576751071199172687973694935343323452418322531131211101310101211101010
Wind
(km/h)
45
SW
45
SW
50
SW
45
SW
40
SSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
35
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
20
WSW
15
W
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
0
ESE
5
NNW
15
W
10
WNW
15
SW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
0
NE
5
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
5
NNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
0
SSW
5
SSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NE
5
ESE
5
SSW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscrosscrossglassglassglassoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crossonglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
2.02
7:52PM
2.18
8:20AM
1.97
8:53PM
2.12
9:21AM
1.92
9:54PM
2.05
10:22AM
1.87
10:53PM
1.99
11:21AM
1.82
11:48PM
1.92
12:16PM
1.79
12:40AM
1.86
1:07PM
1.76
1:27AM
1.81
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:19AM
0.04
1:38PM
0.01
2:18AM
0.08
2:37PM
0.07
3:17AM
0.13
3:35PM
0.13
4:14AM
0.18
4:32PM
0.19
5:10AM
0.23
5:27PM
0.25
6:02AM
0.27
6:20PM
0.31
6:52AM
0.30
7:10PM
0.35
7:38AM
0.33
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise--7:18-------7:20-------7:20-------7:22-------7:24-------7:24-------7:26-------7:26-
Sunset----5:31-------5:30-------5:29-------5:28-------5:25-------5:24-------5:23-------
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Rain (mm)
16108746311---------------1-1---------------------------------
Temp. °C10109888998999111088789121413131211111011111211111110111314131312121010131514121110111113151312111091015
Feels °C (?)11-1-2-101102225644346101210987779911999891112111211107812141210879911141211987814
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