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Wind, waves & weather forecast Kaikoura

354.75°
5 kts
North
4.4%
16 °C
Sky clear
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Last update: 16:39 local time / Next update: 22:56 local time / This forecast is based on the GFS model
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Wednesday, May 06

Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
334.5°
4
4
0.05%
14
1025
175.62°
0.7
16
00h
334.5°
2 m/s
max 2
0.05%
14 °C
1025 hPa
175.62°
0.7 m
16 s
03h
309.89°
5
5
0.05%
13
1023
177.12°
0.7
16
03h
309.89°
2 m/s
max 2
0.05%
13 °C
1023 hPa
177.12°
0.7 m
16 s
06h
311.14°
6
6
0.05%
13
1022
177.62°
0.7
15
06h
311.14°
3 m/s
max 3
0.05%
13 °C
1022 hPa
177.62°
0.7 m
15 s
09h
323.31°
5
5
0.05%
14
1023
179.25°
0.7
15
09h
323.31°
2 m/s
max 3
0.05%
14 °C
1023 hPa
179.25°
0.7 m
15 s
12h
299.86°
1
4
4.3%
18
1023
179.5°
0.6
15
12h
299.86°
0 m/s
max 2
4.3%
18 °C
1023 hPa
179.5°
0.6 m
15 s
15h
44.35°
3
5
4.2%
18
1023
180°
0.6
15
15h
44.35°
1 m/s
max 3
4.2%
18 °C
1023 hPa
180°
0.6 m
15 s
18h
354.75°
5
5
4.4%
16
1023
180.38°
0.5
15
18h
354.75°
2 m/s
max 3
4.4%
16 °C
1023 hPa
180.38°
0.5 m
15 s
21h
324.98°
4
4
43.99%
15
1023
180.62°
0.5
15
21h
324.98°
2 m/s
max 2
43.99%
15 °C
1023 hPa
180.62°
0.5 m
15 s

Thursday, May 07

Wind
Weather
Waves
00h
310.86°
5
5
53.32%
15
1023
181.12°
0.5
15
00h
310.86°
2 m/s
max 2
53.32%
15 °C
1023 hPa
181.12°
0.5 m
15 s
03h
315.71°
5
5
33.63%
14
1021
179.38°
0.4
15
03h
315.71°
3 m/s
max 3
33.63%
14 °C
1021 hPa
179.38°
0.4 m
15 s
06h
324.84°
5
6
99.95%
15
1019
174.5°
0.4
14
06h
324.84°
3 m/s
max 3
99.95%
15 °C
1019 hPa
174.5°
0.4 m
14 s
09h
357.4°
5
7
99.95%
16
1018
124.75°
0.4
12
09h
357.4°
2 m/s
max 3
99.95%
16 °C
1018 hPa
124.75°
0.4 m
12 s
12h
13.31°
5
16
99.95%
18
1016
50.72°
0.5
7
12h
13.31°
3 m/s
max 8
99.95%
18 °C
1016 hPa
50.72°
0.5 m
7 s
15h
11.43°
7
13
99.95%
18
1014
45.94°
0.6
7
15h
11.43°
4 m/s
max 7
99.95%
18 °C
1014 hPa
45.94°
0.6 m
7 s
18h
9.22°
9
12
99.95%
17
1013
46.59°
0.7
7
18h
9.22°
5 m/s
max 6
99.95%
17 °C
1013 hPa
46.59°
0.7 m
7 s
21h
0.78°
7
9
99.95%
17
1013
44.81°
0.7
8
21h
0.78°
4 m/s
max 5
99.95%
17 °C
1013 hPa
44.81°
0.7 m
8 s

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General

This is the wind, wave and weather forecast for Kaikoura in Canterbury, New Zealand. Windfinder specializes in wind, waves, tides and weather reports & forecasts for wind related sports like kitesurfing, windsurfing, surfing, sailing, fishing or paragliding.

Forecast

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