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 05:43 AM and sunset is at 09:01 PM.

	Days 1–3 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 25°C on Tue morning, min 16°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.									Days 4–6 Weather Summary Light rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.									Days 7–9 Weather Summary Heavy rain (total 216mm), heaviest during Tue night. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 10°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Wed morning, calm by Wed night).									Days 10–12 Weather Summary Moderate rain (total 11mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Fri afternoon, min 13°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, fresh winds from the SW by Sat afternoon).
	Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 1			Friday 2			Saturday 3
	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	7:42AM1.87m		8:09PM1.74m	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
Low Tide		2:04PM0.61m	2:11AM0.57m		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
Wave height (m) direction period (s)	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 10	S 9	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 8	ESE 10	ESE 10	ENE 4	E 7	SE 7	E 9	ENE 4	E 8	E 9	ESE 5	E 6	E 6	E 7	E 10	E 10	E 10	SE 10	SSE 9	S 9	S 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	SE 7	ESE 7	SSE 6

	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod rain	mod rain	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	mod rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk tstorm	rain shwrs
km/h	WSW	SSE	ENE	WNW	NNW	WNW	NE	NNE	WSW	E	ESE	W	ENE	ENE	W	S	ENE	NE	SW	SSW	ESE	E	E	ESE	SW	WSW	NE	SSW	S	NNE	ENE	ENE	N	SW	S	WSW
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	8	8	1	72	23	10	75	26	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	7	3
max°C	25	19	16	20	22	17	19	21	19	18	19	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	13	13	14	14	14	13	12	15	14	15	17	14	16	18	18	18	17	14
Moonrise	8:07	—	—	9:15	—	—	10:23	—	—	11:32	—	—	12:41	—	—	1:52	—	—	—	3:06	—	—	4:24	—	—	5:45	—	—	7:06	—	—	8:19	—	—	—	9:20
Moonset	—	—	11:26	—	—	11:51	—	—	—	12:14	—	—	12:35	—	—	12:55	—	—	1:16	—	—	1:41	—	—	2:11	—	—	2:50	—	—	3:40	—	—	4:44	—	—
	5:43	—	—	5:45	—	—	5:46	—	—	5:46	—	—	5:47	—	—	5:47	—	—	5:48	—	—	5:48	—	—	5:50	—	—	5:50	—	—	5:52	—	—	5:52	—	—
	—	—	9:01	—	—	9:02	—	—	9:02	—	—	9:02	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:05	—	—	9:05	—	—	9:05	—	—	9:05
	Today's sea temperature in Kaikoura is 15.7° C (Statistics for 23 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 14.3 max: 15.9 min: 12.5°C)