Kaikoura Sea Conditions and Tide Table

Kaikoura Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.

High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at — and sunset is at 09:02 PM.

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.											Days 5–7 Weather Summary Heavy rain (total 79mm), heaviest during Tue afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Thu morning, min 12°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.									Days 8–10 Weather Summary Heavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Fri night. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 11°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the SSW by Fri night).									Days 11–13 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Fri 26		Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 1			Friday 2			Saturday 3			Sunday 4			Monday 5			Tuesday 6			Wed 7
	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM
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High Tide		10:27PM1.77m	10:48AM1.85m		11:14PM1.81m	11:40AM1.87m		00:05AM1.87m	12:33PM1.90m		00:59AM1.94m		1:26PM1.94m	1:56AM2.01m		2:24PM1.97m	2:54AM2.09m		3:23PM2.01m	3:50AM2.17m		4:22PM2.04m	4:47AM2.22m		5:18PM2.07m	5:43AM2.23m		6:13PM2.08m	6:38AM2.22m			7:07PM2.07m	7:32AM2.17m		8:02PM2.04m	8:26AM2.11m
Low Tide	4:16PM0.53m	4:28AM0.52m		5:05PM0.52m	5:19AM0.53m		5:57PM0.50m	6:15AM0.53m		6:50PM0.47m		7:14AM0.53m		7:44PM0.44m	8:16AM0.51m		8:37PM0.41m	9:17AM0.46m		9:32PM0.37m	10:13AM0.39m		10:30PM0.34m	11:10AM0.34m		11:29PM0.30m	12:06PM0.31m		00:26AM0.26m		1:01PM0.30m	1:20AM0.25m		1:55PM0.31m	2:12AM0.27m
Wave height (m) direction period (s)	ESE 8	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SE 10	E 9	E 9	E 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 6	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	SE 7	ESE 6	E 5	E 7	E 6

	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	mod rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
km/h	SSW	W	S	NE	SSW	SSW	ESE	NNW	SSE	SE	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSW	WSW	S	NNE	WSW	SSE	NNE	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	S	SE	NE	ENE	ENE	NE	NE	ENE	NNE	SSE
mm	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	2	30	22	—	—	13	7	—	—	5	11	23	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max°C	20	17	17	16	15	14	15	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	15	16	14	18	18	17	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	12	15	15	14	17	17	17	19
Moonrise	—	—	12:41	—	—	1:52	—	—	—	3:06	—	—	4:24	—	—	5:45	—	—	7:06	—	—	8:19	—	—	—	9:20	—	—	10:06	—	—	10:42	—	—	11:09	—
Moonset	—	—	12:35	—	—	12:55	—	—	1:16	—	—	1:41	—	—	2:11	—	—	2:50	—	—	3:40	—	—	4:44	—	—	6:00	—	—	7:20	—	—	8:39	—	—	9:54
	—	—	5:47	—	—	5:47	—	—	5:48	—	—	5:48	—	—	5:50	—	—	5:50	—	—	5:52	—	—	5:52	—	—	5:52	—	—	5:54	—	—	5:54	—	—	5:56
	—	9:02	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:05	—	—	9:05	—	—	9:05	—	—	9:05	—	—	9:05	—	—	9:05	—	—	9:05	—
	Today's sea temperature in Kaikoura is 16.4° C (Statistics for 26 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 14.7 max: 16.2 min: 13.0°C)