Waikuku Beach surf break

Waikuku Beach surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 NZDT
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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
12.7° C
(Which is 1.2°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 9AM is: 0.4m 15s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Afternoon (05 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Evening (05 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sat
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.7
S
0.5
SE
1.1
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)61415914566111010101010101099121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)849588510260755630272726252524232221475859575640
Wind
(km/h)
10
ENE
10
NE
15
ENE
25
E
20
E
15
E
5
ENE
5
WSW
5
W
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
25
NNW
15
NW
20
WSW
25
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
ENE
25
E
25
E
20
E
5
SE
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:32AM
2.08
4:56PM
2.03
5:27AM
2.17
5:51PM
2.05
6:23AM
2.22
6:48PM
2.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:49AM
0.08
11:12PM
0.01
11:48AM
0.04
12:08AM
-0.02
12:47PM
0.03
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Sat
08
Sunrise-6:07-------6:05-------6:05------
Sunset-----8:17-------8:19-------8:20--
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10912121313121211121923242215131211141414131212
Feels °C (?)8687911121199172219201181010121010101211
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