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 05:45 AM and sunset is at 09:02 PM.

	Days 1–3 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 22°C on Wed afternoon, min 13°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds.									Days 4–6 Weather Summary Heavy rain (total 76mm), heaviest during Mon night. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 13°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light.									Days 7–9 Weather Summary Moderate rain (total 10mm), heaviest on Tue morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 13°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.									Days 10–12 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 1			Friday 2			Saturday 3			Sunday 4
	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	PM	night
Wave Height Map See all maps
High Tide	8:24AM1.86m		8:56PM1.73m	9:08AM1.85m		9:42PM1.74m	9:56AM1.84m		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
Low Tide		2:47PM0.57m	2:54AM0.54m		3:31PM0.54m	3:39AM0.53m		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
Wave height (m) direction period (s)	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 8	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	SSE 7	SSE 7	E 8	E 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	E 7	E 8	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	NE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	WSW 4

	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk tstorm	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	mod rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
km/h	NE	W	NW	NE	NNE	SE	WSW	SW	WSW	SE	ENE	W	E	E	WSW	SSW	E	SE	S	SW	W	ENE	ENE	SSW	SW	ENE	ENE	S	NE	NW	WNW	NNW	W	NE	E	WSW
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	2	—	1	3	69	8	1	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max°C	20	22	19	20	20	19	20	21	17	15	16	15	16	16	15	16	15	13	13	13	13	15	16	15	16	18	16	18	21	20	21	23	20	19	19	17
Moonrise	9:15	—	—	10:23	—	—	11:32	—	—	12:41	—	—	1:52	—	—	—	3:06	—	—	4:24	—	—	5:45	—	—	7:06	—	—	8:19	—	—	—	9:20	—	—	10:06
Moonset	—	—	11:51	—	—	—	12:14	—	—	12:35	—	—	12:55	—	—	1:16	—	—	1:41	—	—	2:11	—	—	2:50	—	—	3:40	—	—	4:44	—	—	6:00	—	—
	5:45	—	—	5:46	—	—	5:46	—	—	5:47	—	—	5:47	—	—	5:48	—	—	5:48	—	—	5:50	—	—	5:50	—	—	5:52	—	—	5:52	—	—	5:52	—	—
	—	—	9:02	—	—	9:02	—	—	9:02	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:05	—	—	9:05	—	—	9:05	—	—	9:05	—	—	9:05
	Today's sea temperature in Kaikoura is 15.2° C (Statistics for 24 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 14.4 max: 15.9 min: 12.9°C)