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 09:00 PM.

	Days 1–3 Weather Summary Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sat night).									Days 4–6 Weather Summary Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon night. Warm air temperatures (max 23°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.									Days 7–9 Weather Summary Some drizzle, heaviest during Sat night. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.									Days 10–12 Weather Summary Heavy rain (total 28mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 13°C on Sun morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30
	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		5:17PM1.80m	5:40AM1.91m		5:58PM1.79m	6:21AM1.90m		6:40PM1.78m		7:01AM1.89m		7:24PM1.76m	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
Low Tide	11:16AM0.73m		11:21PM0.70m	11:56AM0.72m		00:05AM0.67m	12:38PM0.69m		00:47AM0.64m		1:21PM0.65m	1:29AM0.60m		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
Wave height (m) direction period (s)	SE 6	SE 10	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	SSE 9	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	S 10	SSE 9	SSE 11	SSE 10	SSE 10	SE 12	SE 11	SE 11	SE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	S 4	S 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SE 7	SE 7	SE 8	ESE 8	ESE 10

	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk tstorm	light rain	rain shwrs	mod rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain
km/h	NE	N	SW	SSE	SSE	SSW	WSW	S	NNE	E	ENE	NNE	NNE	SSE	SSW	NE	NNW	NE	NNE	WNW	W	S	SE	WNW	NE	ENE	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
mm	—	—	—	1	2	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	4	8	4	2	4	2	1	1
max°C	18	19	11	12	11	10	12	12	12	15	16	17	23	21	18	20	21	18	19	21	17	18	19	17	17	17	15	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12
Moonrise	4:19	—	—	5:05	—	—	5:59	—	—	7:01	—	—	8:07	—	—	9:15	—	—	10:23	—	—	11:32	—	—	12:41	—	—	1:52	—	—	—	3:06	—	—	4:24	—
Moonset	—	8:39	—	—	—	9:33	—	—	10:18	—	—	10:55	—	—	11:26	—	—	11:51	—	—	—	12:14	—	—	12:35	—	—	12:55	—	—	1:16	—	—	1:41	—	—
	5:43	—	—	5:43	—	—	5:43	—	—	5:43	—	—	5:43	—	—	5:45	—	—	5:46	—	—	5:46	—	—	5:47	—	—	5:47	—	—	5:48	—	—	5:48	—	—
	—	—	9:00	—	—	9:00	—	—	9:00	—	—	9:01	—	—	9:01	—	—	9:02	—	—	9:02	—	—	9:02	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04	—	—	9:04
	Today's sea temperature in Kaikoura is 16.2° C (Statistics for 19 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 14.0 max: 15.5 min: 12.5°C)