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 —.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Wed night. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Fri afternoon, min 5°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Wed night, calm by Sat afternoon). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Tue afternoon, min 8°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 18°C on Thu afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed morning, fresh winds from the S by Thu night). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 10°C on Sat afternoon, min 6°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat morning, fresh winds from the SW by Mon morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sunday 19 | Mon 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 5:08AM2.05m | 5:37PM2.18m | 6:05AM2.03m | 6:33PM2.19m | 7:01AM2.01m | 7:25PM2.16m | 7:57AM1.99m | 8:16PM2.10m | 8:49AM1.95m | 9:06PM2.01m | 9:40AM1.91m | 9:58PM1.92m | 10:28AM1.84m | 10:51PM1.85m | 11:17AM1.79m | 11:43PM1.81m | 12:07PM1.75m | 00:32AM1.78m | 12:57PM1.74m | 1:18AM1.77m | 1:45PM1.77m | 2:04AM1.77m | 2:30PM1.81m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:00PM0.39m | 11:20AM0.38m | 11:57PM0.41m | 12:15PM0.41m | 00:53AM0.44m | 1:08PM0.44m | 1:47AM0.47m | 2:00PM0.49m | 2:39AM0.50m | 2:53PM0.54m | 3:30AM0.55m | 3:44PM0.58m | 4:21AM0.59m | 4:35PM0.62m | 5:13AM0.62m | 5:24PM0.66m | 6:04AM0.65m | 6:14PM0.70m | 6:50AM0.66m | 7:06PM0.72m | 7:32AM0.66m | 7:59PM0.73m | 8:12AM0.66m | |||||||||||||
S 7 | S 8 | S 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 12 | SSE 11 | S 9 | S 16 | S 15 | S 14 | S 12 | S 12 | SSE 11 | SE 10 | SE 11 | SSE 10 | S 16 | S 15 | S 13 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 10 | NNE 6 | S 5 | S 7 | S 7 | S 7 | S 10 | S 9 | S 6 | S 7 | SSE 7 | SSE 8 | ESE 11 | ESE 13 | |
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mod rain | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | clear | clear | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | light rain | light rain | cloudy | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | |
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10 | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1.0 | — | 3 | — | — | |
max°C | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Moonrise | 7:10 | 8:30 | — | — | 9:47 | — | — | 10:56 | — | — | 11:53 | — | — | 12:38 | — | — | 1:13 | — | — | 1:40 | — | — | 2:03 | — | — | 2:22 | — | — | 2:40 | — | — | 2:57 | — | — | — | 3:15 |
Moonset | 5:02 | — | 5:38 | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | 7:17 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | — | 9:26 | — | — | 10:34 | — | — | 11:40 | — | — | — | 12:44 | — | — | 1:45 | — | — | 2:46 | — | — | 3:48 | — |
 | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | 7:33 | — |
 | — | — | 5:19 | — | — | 5:17 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:14 | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | 5:07 |
Today's sea temperature in Kaikoura is 13.3 °C (Statistics for 08 May 1981-2005 – mean: 12.7 max: 14.6 min: 10.8°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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