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 07:28 AM and sunset is at 05:13 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 11°C on Sun afternoon, min 7°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 13°C on Wed morning, min 9°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryHeavy rain (total 22mm), heaviest during Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri morning, min 9°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Very mild (max 15°C on Mon afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 13–16 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu morning, min 7°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 16 | Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sunday 24 | Monday 25 | Tuesday 26 | Wednesday 27 | Thursday 28 | Friday 29 | Saturday 30 | Sun 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 3:55PM2.15m | 4:24AM2.07m | 4:53PM2.22m | 5:23AM2.09m | 5:52PM2.27m | 6:23AM2.10m | 6:50PM2.28m | 7:23AM2.09m | 7:47PM2.25m | 8:21AM2.08m | 8:44PM2.18m | 9:17AM2.05m | 9:41PM2.09m | 10:10AM2.00m | 10:39PM2.01m | 11:03AM1.95m | 11:33PM1.95m | 11:56AM1.90m | 00:25AM1.90m | 12:50PM1.87m | 1:16AM1.87m | 1:43PM1.87m | 2:05AM1.85m | 2:34PM1.89m | 2:55AM1.83m | 3:22PM1.92m | 3:43AM1.83m | ||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:40AM0.40m | 10:17PM0.42m | 10:37AM0.37m | 11:14PM0.38m | 11:35AM0.34m | 00:14AM0.35m | 12:33PM0.32m | 1:13AM0.34m | 1:30PM0.31m | 2:10AM0.34m | 2:27PM0.32m | 3:06AM0.36m | 3:24PM0.35m | 4:02AM0.40m | 4:20PM0.39m | 4:57AM0.44m | 5:15PM0.45m | 5:52AM0.48m | 6:10PM0.52m | 6:43AM0.51m | 7:07PM0.59m | 7:31AM0.55m | 8:04PM0.63m | 8:17AM0.58m | 8:56PM0.66m | 9:03AM0.62m | 9:44PM0.67m | 9:49AM0.65m | |||||||||||||||||||
S 10 | S 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | SE 9 | ESE 10 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 10 | ESE 9 | E 9 | NE 6 | S 11 | S 10 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | ESE 8 | SSE 13 | SSE 12 | S 5 | SSE 6 | SSE 6 | ESE 6 | S 16 | S 15 | S 13 | S 12 | S 11 | SSE 10 | SE 9 | SE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | E 10 | E 11 | E 10 | SSE 10 | S 15 | S 15 | S 16 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | |
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cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | light rain | mod rain | heavy rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | mod rain | clear | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | |
max °C | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
Moonrise | 6:29 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 9:14 | — | — | 10:27 | — | — | 11:25 | — | — | 12:09 | — | — | 12:43 | — | — | 1:09 | — | — | 1:32 | — | — | 1:52 | — | — | 2:11 | — | — | 2:31 | — | — | 2:52 | — | — | — | 3:17 | — | — | 3:46 | — | — | 4:22 |
Moonset | — | 4:13 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 6:55 | — | — | 8:11 | — | — | — | 9:30 | — | — | 10:47 | — | — | 11:59 | — | — | — | 1:08 | — | — | 2:15 | — | — | 3:19 | — | — | 4:24 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 6:33 | — | — | 7:37 | — |
 | 7:28 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:43 | — |
 | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | 5:08 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 5:04 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:02 | — | — | 5:01 | — | — | 5:01 |
Today's sea temperature in Kaikoura is 13.1° C (Statistics for 16 May 1981-2005 – mean: 12.4 max: 13.9 min: 10.6°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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