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 08:52 PM.

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Sun morning. Warm air temperatures (max 24°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Sun morning). Mainly strong winds.											Days 5–7 Weather Summary Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Tue night. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 8°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.									Days 8–10 Weather Summary Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Fri afternoon, min 17°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.									Days 11–13 Weather Summary Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon afternoon. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.
	Sat 9		Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thu 21
	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	2:39PM1.79m	3:08AM1.86m		3:26PM1.83m	3:53AM1.92m		4:13PM1.86m	4:40AM1.98m		5:01PM1.89m	5:27AM2.03m		5:50PM1.92m	6:16AM2.07m		6:41PM1.94m		7:07AM2.10m		7:34PM1.95m	7:59AM2.12m		8:29PM1.96m	8:52AM2.11m		9:24PM1.97m	9:48AM2.07m		10:18PM1.97m	10:46AM2.04m		11:12PM1.97m	11:44AM2.00m		00:06AM1.96m	12:40PM1.97m
Low Tide		8:49PM0.64m	9:25AM0.71m		9:33PM0.63m	10:12AM0.68m		10:19PM0.61m	10:57AM0.64m		11:09PM0.58m	11:45AM0.59m		00:00AM0.53m	12:36PM0.53m		00:51AM0.47m		1:28PM0.47m	1:42AM0.41m		2:22PM0.41m	2:35AM0.36m		3:15PM0.38m	3:29AM0.33m		4:08PM0.36m	4:24AM0.33m		5:03PM0.37m	5:21AM0.36m		6:00PM0.39m	6:18AM0.41m
Wave height (m) direction period (s)	ENE 8	ENE 8	ENE 9	S 6	S 9	SSE 8	ENE 6	ENE 7	E 8	SSE 7	S 7	S 9	S 9	S 9	S 13	S 14	S 14	S 13	SSE 11	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 12	SE 12	SE 11	SSE 9	SSE 8	SE 10	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 10	NE 5	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 7

	some clouds	light rain	mod rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
km/h	ENE	WNW	S	SSW	NNE	ENE	NE	SW	S	SE	WSW	SW	ENE	SW	SSE	ESE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	N	NNW	WNW	SSE	E	N	S	E	SSW	ESE	NE	W	ESE	S	N	ESE
mm	—	1.0	8	1.0	—	—	—	—	—	5	9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0	1.0	—	1.0	—	—	1.0	1.0	—	—	—	—
max°C	24	22	15	11	12	16	18	17	16	11	9	13	16	16	14	14	13	20	22	22	21	21	21	19	20	21	19	19	17	18	18	18	20	22	23	24
Moonrise	3:09	—	3:31	—	—	3:57	—	—	4:29	—	—	5:10	—	—	6:04	—	—	7:11	—	—	8:26	—	—	9:45	—	—	11:04	—	—	12:20	—	—	1:34	—	—	2:47
Moonset	4:50	—	—	5:58	—	—	7:10	—	—	8:23	—	—	—	9:34	—	—	10:37	—	—	11:28	—	—	—	12:09	—	—	12:41	—	—	1:08	—	—	1:31	—	—	1:53
	—	—	5:41	—	—	5:41	—	—	5:41	—	—	5:41	—	—	5:41	—	—	5:41	—	—	5:41	—	—	5:41	—	—	5:41	—	—	5:43	—	—	5:43	—	—	5:43
	8:52	—	—	8:52	—	—	8:53	—	—	8:54	—	—	8:55	—	—	8:55	—	—	8:57	—	—	8:58	—	—	8:59	—	—	8:59	—	—	—	9:00	—	—	9:00	—
	Today's sea temperature in Kaikoura is 14.4 °C (Statistics for 09 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 13.6 max: 15.2 min: 11.9°C)