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Beach Weather Today in Kaikoura Beach

Today the maximum temperature will be 14° which is not so warm but sunbathing may be possible. Today the water temperature will be 13° which is cold for swimming, a full wet suit is required to spend any length of time in the sea.

Today will be dry with no rain showers. Expect plentiful sunshine and mostly clear blue skies with an average cloud cover of 8%.

The winds will be and moderate at 26kmh from the North-Northeast. The moderate winds will keep the temperatures feeling cooler.

For Beach Weather for the next next 7 days, wind and wave conditions and tide and the next 14 days weather use the tabs below.

Beach Weather This Weekend in Kaikoura Beach

This weekend the average maximum daily temperatures will be 14° which is too cold for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 15° which is cold for swimming, a full wet suit is required to spend any length of time in the sea.

There will be 1 day of very light rain. Saturday will have 0.1mm of rain and Sunday will be dry. Expect plentiful sunshine and mostly clear blue skies with an average cloud cover of 20%.

KAIKOURA BEACH - BEACH WEATHER FORECAST

07:24 AM 07:43 PM

04:50 AM

06:47 PM

Tue 17th March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

11°	10°	10°	15°	17°	18°	18°	12°
8%	6%	4%	28%	1%	3%	8%	12%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°

07:25 AM 07:41 PM

06:02 AM

07:09 PM

Wed 18th March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

12°	12°	12°	14°	19°	18°	16°	14°
20%	26%	14%	33%	79%	59%	75%	100%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.1mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.1mm
13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°

07:26 AM 07:40 PM

07:14 AM

07:31 PM

Thu 19th March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

14°	11°	10°	14°	17°	17°	16°	13°
56%	28%	18%	20%	11%	11%	8%	83%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°

07:27 AM 07:38 PM

08:27 AM

07:53 PM

Fri 20th March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

12°	13°	14°	14°	14°	14°	14°	13°
49%	92%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.1mm	1.0mm	0.5mm	0.1mm	0.1mm	0.1mm
13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°	13°

07:29 AM 07:36 PM

09:44 AM

08:18 PM

Sat 21st March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

13°	13°	11°	14°	16°	17°	15°	12°
100%	76%	41%	17%	8%	6%	7%	10%
0.1mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

07:30 AM 07:35 PM

11:03 AM

08:48 PM

Sun 22nd March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

11°	10°	9°	13°	16°	16°	15°	12°
12%	6%	3%	1%	2%	6%	9%	19%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

07:31 AM 07:33 PM

12:23 PM

09:26 PM

Mon 23rd March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

11°	10°	9°	13°	16°	16°	15°	12°
32%	25%	16%	10%	7%	7%	5%	6%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°	15°

07:24 AM 07:43 PM

04:50 AM

06:47 PM

Tue 17th March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
2 kmh	6 kmh	13 kmh	12 kmh	10 kmh	9 kmh	20 kmh	26 kmh

0.1m	0.8m	0.9m	0.8m	0.8m	0.7m	0.9m	1.2m

15.4s	12.8s	12.5s	12.3s	11.8s	11.5s	11.0s	10.8s

07:25 AM 07:41 PM

06:02 AM

07:09 PM

Wed 18th March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
11 kmh	6 kmh	3 kmh	1 kmh	5 kmh	14 kmh	20 kmh	25 kmh

0.3m	0.2m	0.1m	0.2m	0.4m	0.2m	0.8m	0.7m

4.6s	5.4s	6.0s	6.4s	6.6s	7.0s	7.2s	7.2s

07:26 AM 07:40 PM

07:14 AM

07:31 PM

Thu 19th March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
17 kmh	12 kmh	3 kmh	6 kmh	13 kmh	15 kmh	10 kmh	6 kmh

0.6m	0.9m	0.6m	0.9m	0.8m	0.7m	0.6m	0.6m

7.0s	4.7s	4.8s	8.9s	10.2s	10.3s	10.3s	10.2s

07:27 AM 07:38 PM

08:27 AM

07:53 PM

Fri 20th March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
4 kmh	15 kmh	19 kmh	22 kmh	24 kmh	23 kmh	22 kmh	20 kmh

0.1m	0.7m	0.5m	0.8m	0.6m	0.5m	0.5m	0.3m

5.5s	9.9s	6.8s	9.7s	12.4s	11.9s	11.6s	11.5s

07:29 AM 07:36 PM

09:44 AM

08:18 PM

Sat 21st March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
15 kmh	10 kmh	6 kmh	3 kmh	7 kmh	10 kmh	11 kmh	6 kmh

0.3m	0.3m	0.4m	0.5m	0.6m	0.7m	0.6m	0.5m

11.4s	11.3s	11.1s	11.1s	11.0s	10.9s	10.7s	10.5s

07:30 AM 07:35 PM

11:03 AM

08:48 PM

Sun 22nd March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
4 kmh	2 kmh	2 kmh	3 kmh	7 kmh	8 kmh	4 kmh	7 kmh

0.3m	0.2m	0.2m	0.3m	0.6m	0.5m	0.6m	0.6m

10.5s	10.4s	10.3s	10.2s	10.1s	9.9s	9.8s	9.8s

07:31 AM 07:33 PM

12:23 PM

09:26 PM

Mon 23rd March

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
8 kmh	8 kmh	5 kmh	3 kmh	8 kmh	9 kmh	10 kmh	11 kmh

0.6m	0.5m	0.6m	0.6m	0.8m	1.1m	1.2m	1.0m

9.8s	10.0s	10.1s	10.1s	10.1s	10.2s	10.2s	10.3s

07:24 AM 07:43 PM

04:50 AM

06:47 PM

Tue 17th March

4:03 AM	10:17 AM	4:24 PM	10:34 PM

1.80	0.51	1.71	0.49

07:25 AM 07:41 PM

06:02 AM

07:09 PM

Wed 18th March

4:48 AM	11:00 AM	5:10 PM	11:21 PM

1.83	0.48	1.76	0.44

07:26 AM 07:40 PM

07:14 AM

07:31 PM

Thu 19th March

5:34 AM	11:45 AM	5:57 PM

1.86	0.45	1.82

07:27 AM 07:38 PM

08:27 AM

07:53 PM

Fri 20th March

12:10 AM	6:22 AM	12:33 PM	6:47 PM

0.40	1.87	0.43	1.87

07:29 AM 07:36 PM

09:44 AM

08:18 PM

Sat 21st March

1:01 AM	7:12 AM	1:23 PM	7:38 PM

0.36	1.88	0.41	1.91

07:30 AM 07:35 PM

11:03 AM

08:48 PM

Sun 22nd March

1:54 AM	8:06 AM	2:15 PM	8:31 PM

0.34	1.86	0.40	1.94

07:31 AM 07:33 PM

12:23 PM

09:26 PM

Mon 23rd March

2:49 AM	9:01 AM	3:09 PM	9:26 PM

0.34	1.84	0.40	1.96

Tue 17th March

18°
0.0mm
8kmh SE
8%

Wed 18th March

19°
0.2mm
6kmh NNW
50%

Thu 19th March

17°
0.0mm
9kmh E
29%

Fri 20th March

14°
1.9mm
16kmh SW
92%

Sat 21st March

17°
0.1mm
7kmh ESE
33%

Sun 22nd March

16°
0.0mm
7kmh SSE
7%

Mon 23rd March

16°
0.0mm
6kmh SE
13%

Tue 24th March

17°
0.0mm
10kmh ENE
2%

Wed 25th March

19°
0.0mm
10kmh ENE
2%

Thu 26th March

18°
0.0mm
6kmh SSE
6%

Fri 27th March

21°
0.0mm
6kmh SE
59%

Sat 28th March

20°
0.2mm
17kmh NNE
51%

Sun 29th March

18°
0.2mm
15kmh S
46%

Mon 30th March

19°
0.0mm
9kmh NE
7%

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Next 14 day Beach Weather in Kaikoura Beach

In the next 14 days average maximum daily temperatures will be 18° which is not so warm but sunbathing may be possible on some days. The average water temperature will be 14° which is cold for swimming, a full wet suit is required to spend any length of time in the sea. There will be 5 days of very light rain with an average of 0.5mm rain on those days. Average cloud cover will be 29%.

If you are sailing, windsurfing, fishing, surfing etc. in Kaikoura Beach don't forget to check the tide and wind and wave conditions

Taking a Holiday at Kaikoura Beach, Canterbury Region, South Island, New Zealand

Imagine taking a relaxing holiday at the picturesque Kaikoura Beach, located in the Canterbury Region of South Island, New Zealand. This beautiful coastal destination offers stunning views, an abundance of marine life, and a wide range of activities for beachgoers to enjoy.

Beach Type

Kaikoura Beach is characterized by coarse sand mixed with pebbles and rocks that create a unique and beautiful shoreline. The presence of rocks and nearby reefs make it an ideal location for snorkeling and diving enthusiasts, as these environments attract a diverse array of fish and marine life.

Beach Activities

Whale Watching: Kaikoura is world-renowned for its whale-watching opportunities. Visitors can embark on guided tours to observe these majestic creatures up close in their natural habitat.
Dolphin Swimming: Experience swimming with playful dolphins in their natural environment through guided tours that cater to all levels of swimmers.
Seal Encounters: Visit the nearby Ohau Point Seal Colony to observe fur seals basking on the rocks or frolicking in the water.
Snorkeling and Diving: Thanks to the rocky shoreline and nearby reefs, Kaikoura Beach offers excellent snorkeling and diving opportunities teeming with diverse marine life.
Surfing: While not as famous as other New Zealand surf spots, Kaikoura Beach still offers enjoyable waves for surfers of various skill levels.
Beach Walks: Enjoy leisurely strolls along the coastline that provide breathtaking views of both mountains and ocean.

Accommodations

There are several hotels and resorts near Kaikoura Beach that cater to different budgets:

Hapuku Lodge & Tree Houses: A luxury eco-lodge located 12 kilometers from Kaikoura Beach, offering guests unique accommodation options such as treehouses surrounded by native bush.
Manakau Lodge: A boutique rural retreat set amidst the stunning Kaikoura mountain ranges, providing a tranquil and luxurious experience.
The White Morph Heritage Collection: A beachfront hotel offering a variety of room types, from studios to deluxe spa suites, with stunning ocean and mountain views.

Areas to Stay In

Kaikoura Town Center: The town center is conveniently located near the beach and offers a range of accommodations, dining options, and shops. Staying in this area allows easy access to all local attractions.
South Bay: This quieter residential area offers a more relaxed atmosphere away from the hustle and bustle of the town center. South Bay is ideal for those seeking tranquility while still being close to the beach and nature.

Beach Amenities

Kaikoura Beach provides visitors with several amenities for a comfortable and enjoyable experience:

Public restrooms
Picnic areas
Barbecue facilities
Children's playground
On-site parking

Overall, Kaikoura Beach offers visitors an unforgettable holiday experience combining breathtaking scenery, diverse marine life encounters, and plenty of activities to suit all interests.