Whale Watch Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.40° S 173.68° E

Whale Watch Reef Tide Times & Tide Charts

Issued: 5 pm 18 Sep 2026 (local time)

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Today's Whale Watch Reef sea temperature is
11.7°C
1.0° 

Whale Watch Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Tide times for Whale Watch Reef are taken from the nearest tide station at Kaikoura, New Zealand which is 2.0 km away. Times are NZST (UTC +12.0hrs).

The local time in Kaikoura, New Zealand is . See the detailed Kaikoura, New Zealand tide chart below.

The next high tide in Kaikoura, New Zealand is at , which is in from now.

The next low tide in Kaikoura, New Zealand is at , which is in from now.

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AMPMSunMonTueWedThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSatSunMonTueWedThuFri
10:35AM1.87m
11:03PM1.77m
11:23AM1.83m
11:49PM1.74m
12:14PM1.81m
00:37AM1.73m
1:04PM1.80m
1:27AM1.74m
1:53PM1.82m
2:15AM1.77m
2:38PM1.85m
3:00AM1.82m
3:21PM1.89m
3:43AM1.87m
4:04PM1.93m
5:26AM1.92m
5:48PM1.97m
6:13AM1.97m
6:35PM1.99m
7:04AM2.01m
7:27PM1.99m
7:58AM2.06m
8:24PM1.98m
8:53AM2.09m
9:23PM1.96m
9:47AM2.10m
10:22PM1.95m
10:43AM2.08m
11:18PM1.95m
11:40AM2.05m
00:12AM1.95m
12:38PM2.02m
1:05AM1.94m
1:33PM1.99m
1:58AM1.93m
2:26PM1.97m
2:50AM1.92m
3:17PM1.96m
3:42AM1.92m
4:08PM1.96m
4:34AM1.93m
4:59PM1.95m
5:26AM1.95m
5:50PM1.94m
6:20AM1.97m
6:41PM1.92m
7:13AM1.99m
7:32PM1.89m
8:01AM1.99m
8:22PM1.86m
8:46AM1.96m
9:11PM1.83m
9:28AM1.91m
9:58PM1.79m
4:22AM0.73m
4:58PM0.73m
5:09AM0.74m
5:48PM0.73m
5:55AM0.73m
6:36PM0.71m
6:41AM0.70m
7:22PM0.68m
7:30AM0.66m
8:07PM0.63m
8:21AM0.62m
8:50PM0.58m
9:11AM0.57m
9:34PM0.54m
9:58AM0.52m
10:19PM0.50m
11:43AM0.49m
00:06AM0.48m
12:28PM0.47m
00:54AM0.46m
1:17PM0.46m
1:42AM0.46m
2:09PM0.47m
2:33AM0.46m
3:07PM0.49m
3:29AM0.46m
4:06PM0.49m
4:27AM0.46m
5:06PM0.48m
5:26AM0.44m
6:05PM0.46m
6:23AM0.42m
7:00PM0.44m
7:16AM0.41m
7:52PM0.42m
8:09AM0.40m
8:42PM0.42m
9:04AM0.41m
9:32PM0.42m
9:59AM0.42m
10:23PM0.44m
10:54AM0.44m
11:15PM0.45m
11:46AM0.47m
00:07AM0.48m
12:37PM0.51m
00:55AM0.51m
1:26PM0.55m
1:41AM0.56m
2:13PM0.60m
2:26AM0.62m
3:00PM0.64m
3:10AM0.68m
3:45PM0.68m
tide state
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7:44PM
6:37AM
7:45PM
6:35AM
7:47PM
6:34AM
7:48PM
0.27% - (First Quarter)
tide state
1:57AM
0.29% - (Waxing Gibbous)
tide state
10:23AM
0.32% - (Waxing Gibbous)
2:46AM
11:19AM
0.36% - (Waxing Gibbous)
3:27AM
12:20PM
0.39% - (Waxing Gibbous)
4:01AM
1:26PM
0.43% - (Waxing Gibbous)
4:29AM
2:32PM
0.46% - (Waxing Gibbous)
4:53AM
3:40PM
0.5% - (Full Moon)
5:15AM
4:48PM
0.53% - (Waning Gibbous)
5:36AM
5:57PM
0.57% - (Waning Gibbous)
6:57AM
8:08PM
0.6% - (Waning Gibbous)
7:19AM
9:22PM
0.64% - (Waning Gibbous)
7:44AM
10:38PM
0.68% - (Waning Gibbous)
8:16AM
11:56PM
0.69% - (Waning Gibbous)
8:55AM

0.71% - (Waning Gibbous)
9:45AM
1:12AM
0.75% - (Last Quarter)
10:47AM
2:19AM
0.78% - (Waning Crescent)
11:58AM
3:15AM
0.82% - (Waning Crescent)
1:15PM
4:00AM
0.85% - (Waning Crescent)
2:32PM
4:34AM
0.89% - (Waning Crescent)
3:46PM
5:02AM
0.92% - (Waning Crescent)
4:58PM
5:26AM
0.95% - (Waning Crescent)
6:09PM
5:47AM
0.99% - (New Moon)
7:17PM
6:08AM
0.01% - (New Moon)
8:26PM
6:29AM
0.04% - (Waxing Crescent)
9:34PM
6:53AM
0.08% - (Waxing Crescent)
10:42PM
7:19AM
0.11% - (Waxing Crescent)
11:47PM
7:51AM
0.15% - (Waxing Crescent)

8:29AM
0.18% - (Waxing Crescent)
00:46AM
9:15AM

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