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 05:46 AM and sunset is at 09:02 PM.

	Days 1–3 Weather Summary Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.									Days 4–6 Weather Summary Heavy rain (total 50mm), heaviest during Tue night. Cool air temperatures (max 15°C on Mon morning, min 12°C on Tue afternoon). Wind will be generally light.									Days 7–9 Weather Summary Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light.									Days 10–12 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Wed morning, min 12°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Sun afternoon, calm by Tue night).
	Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 1			Friday 2			Saturday 3			Sunday 4			Monday 5			Tuesday 6
	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
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High Tide	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			7:07PM2.07m	7:32AM2.17m		8:02PM2.04m
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)	SE 11	ESE 8	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	E 9	E 9	ESE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SE 9	ESE 9	E 9	E 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	ESE 8	E 7	ESE 7	ESE 7	S 5	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 7	S 8	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 7

	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
km/h	ENE	WSW	WSW	SE	NE	SSW	SSW	ESE	NW	SSE	SE	S	SE	SSE	SSE	SW	SW	SSW	E	ENE	SSW	ESE	S	WNW	S	SSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSE	E	ENE	ENE	NE
mm	1	—	—	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	17	18	1	1	10	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max°C	19	21	17	16	16	14	14	15	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	17	18	17	18	19	17	17	15	15	16	16	15	14	14	13	15	16	16
Moonrise	11:32	—	—	12:41	—	—	1:52	—	—	—	3:06	—	—	4:24	—	—	5:45	—	—	7:06	—	—	8:19	—	—	—	9:20	—	—	10:06	—	—	10:42	—	—	11:09
Moonset	12:14	—	—	12:35	—	—	12:55	—	—	1:16	—	—	1:41	—	—	2:11	—	—	2:50	—	—	3:40	—	—	4:44	—	—	6:00	—	—	7:20	—	—	8:39	—	—
	5:46	—	—	5:47	—	—	5:47	—	—	5:48	—	—	5:48	—	—	5:50	—	—	5:50	—	—	5:52	—	—	5:52	—	—	5:52	—	—	5:54	—	—	5:54	—	—
	—	—	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 16.0° C (Statistics for 26 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 14.6 max: 16.2 min: 13.0°C)