Whale Watch Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 42.40° S 173.68° E

Issued: 11 pm 19 Jun 2026 (local time)

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Today's Whale Watch Reef sea temperature is
12.0° C

Slightly warmer than usual

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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8:52AM2.04m
9:18PM2.06m
9:47AM1.99m
10:15PM1.99m
10:40AM1.94m
11:09PM1.93m
11:34AM1.91m
00:00AM1.89m
12:27PM1.90m
00:50AM1.86m
1:20PM1.91m
1:40AM1.83m
2:09PM1.92m
2:30AM1.81m
2:56PM1.93m
3:17AM1.81m
3:41PM1.93m
4:01AM1.80m
4:24PM1.91m
4:43AM1.79m
5:05PM1.89m
5:23AM1.78m
5:45PM1.87m
6:05AM1.75m
6:24PM1.86m
6:50AM1.73m
7:04PM1.84m
7:35AM1.72m
7:47PM1.83m
8:20AM1.73m
8:33PM1.82m
9:05AM1.75m
9:22PM1.82m
9:50AM1.79m
10:13PM1.84m
10:38AM1.84m
11:04PM1.86m
11:29AM1.90m
11:56PM1.89m
12:25PM1.98m
00:52AM1.93m
1:22PM2.06m
1:51AM1.97m
2:19PM2.14m
2:51AM2.02m
3:17PM2.20m
3:48AM2.07m
4:14PM2.24m
4:43AM2.10m
5:10PM2.24m
5:38AM2.10m
6:05PM2.21m
6:34AM2.08m
6:59PM2.16m
2:41AM0.33m
2:59PM0.32m
3:36AM0.39m
3:55PM0.41m
4:31AM0.44m
4:51PM0.50m
5:26AM0.50m
5:49PM0.59m
6:18AM0.54m
6:47PM0.66m
7:05AM0.59m
7:43PM0.69m
7:49AM0.64m
8:33PM0.71m
8:33AM0.67m
9:18PM0.71m
9:19AM0.69m
10:00PM0.71m
10:05AM0.68m
10:41PM0.70m
10:50AM0.66m
11:22PM0.68m
11:32AM0.63m
00:04AM0.65m
12:12PM0.60m
00:46AM0.61m
12:53PM0.57m
1:28AM0.58m
1:34PM0.56m
2:09AM0.56m
2:17PM0.55m
2:52AM0.55m
3:02PM0.56m
3:38AM0.55m
3:52PM0.58m
4:28AM0.55m
4:46PM0.59m
5:21AM0.53m
5:44PM0.58m
6:14AM0.49m
6:45PM0.55m
7:07AM0.44m
7:45PM0.49m
8:01AM0.39m
8:42PM0.41m
8:59AM0.34m
9:39PM0.34m
9:58AM0.29m
10:36PM0.29m
10:57AM0.23m
11:32PM0.26m
11:53AM0.20m
00:28AM0.26m
12:46PM0.20m
tide state
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0.19% - (Waxing Crescent)
tide state
11:35AM
0.2% - (Waxing Crescent)
tide state
10:56PM
0.22% - (First Quarter)

11:56AM
0.25% - (First Quarter)
00:05AM
12:16PM
0.29% - (Waxing Gibbous)
1:11AM
12:36PM
0.32% - (Waxing Gibbous)
2:16AM
12:57PM
0.36% - (Waxing Gibbous)
3:21AM
1:20PM
0.39% - (Waxing Gibbous)
4:26AM
1:48PM
0.43% - (Waxing Gibbous)
5:30AM
2:22PM
0.46% - (Waxing Gibbous)
6:30AM
3:03PM
0.5% - (Full Moon)
7:26AM
3:53PM
0.53% - (Waning Gibbous)
8:15AM
4:49PM
0.57% - (Waning Gibbous)
8:55AM
5:52PM
0.6% - (Waning Gibbous)
9:28AM
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0.64% - (Waning Gibbous)
9:56AM
8:03PM
0.67% - (Waning Gibbous)
10:19AM
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0.71% - (Waning Gibbous)
10:40AM
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0.74% - (Last Quarter)
11:00AM
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0.76% - (Last Quarter)
11:20AM

0.78% - (Last Quarter)
11:41AM
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0.82% - (Waning Crescent)
12:07PM
1:43AM
0.85% - (Waning Crescent)
12:37PM
2:59AM
0.89% - (Waning Crescent)
1:18PM
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0.92% - (Waning Crescent)
2:10PM
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0.96% - (Waning Crescent)
3:17PM
6:48AM
0.01% - (New Moon)
4:35PM
7:47AM
0.05% - (Waxing Crescent)
5:58PM
8:32AM
0.08% - (Waxing Crescent)
7:19PM
9:07AM
0.12% - (Waxing Crescent)
8:35PM
9:35AM

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