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 — and sunset is at 09:00 PM.

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun night).											Days 5–7 Weather Summary Some drizzle, heaviest during Mon night. Warm air temperatures (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 15°C on Mon afternoon). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, strong winds from the WNW by Wed afternoon).									Days 8–10 Weather Summary Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 12°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light.									Days 11–13 Weather Summary Heavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue morning, min 9°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Fri 19		Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wed 31
	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	AM
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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		11:21PM0.70m	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	8:16AM0.51m
Wave height (m) direction period (s)	SE 10	S 7	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 8	S 9	SSE 10	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 11	SSE 10	S 9	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 10	SSE 10	SSE 9	SSE 9	SE 11	SE 8	WSW 4	SSE 7	SSE 7	SSW 5	SSW 6	SSW 5	SSE 7	S 8	S 8	SSE 7	SSE 8	SSE 7	SSE 8

	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	mod rain	light rain	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain
km/h	N	SW	SSE	SSE	SSW	SW	S	N	SSE	ENE	WSW	SE	E	SW	E	W	WNW	NE	SSE	W	NE	SE	WSW	W	SSE	SW	SW	S	WSW	W	W	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	SW
mm	—	—	1	1	1	1	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	2	4	1	9	3	1	—	—	—	3
max°C	18	11	12	11	10	12	12	12	15	15	16	22	22	20	21	20	16	19	20	16	17	19	17	19	19	16	13	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	12	12
Moonrise	—	—	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	—	—	2:11
	—	—	5:43	—	—	5:43	—	—	5:43	—	—	5:43	—	—	5:45	—	—	5:46	—	—	5:46	—	—	5:47	—	—	5:47	—	—	5:48	—	—	5:48	—	—	5:50
	—	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 16.0° C (Statistics for 19 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 14.2 max: 15.5 min: 12.5°C)