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Armers Beach

Kaikōura, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Sand

Right now

Conditions at 7:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Poor

Waist-high (0.9 m) at 8 s, heading toward N, with moderate onshore wind toward SE.

Swell

0.9 m

8 s

Wind

15 km/h

Onshore

Tide

0.7 m

Rising

Weather

7 °C

Clear

11 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Time	Rating	Swell	Swell direction	Wind	Wind direction	Tide	Weather
12 AM	Good	0.8 m · 9 s	N	8 km/h · 31 km/h gusts	E Onshore	1.5 m	Partly cloudy · 13 °C
1 AM	Good	0.8 m · 9 s	N	10 km/h · 34 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.3 m	Mostly clear · 12 °C
2 AM	Fair	0.8 m · 9 s	N	21 km/h · 52 km/h gusts	E Onshore	1 m	Partly cloudy · 13 °C
3 AM	Fair	0.8 m · 9 s	N	21 km/h · 72 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	0.8 m	Light drizzle · 11 °C
4 AM	Fair	0.8 m · 9 s	N	22 km/h · 56 km/h gusts	NNE Cross-shore	0.6 m	Light showers · 6 °C
5 AM	Fair	0.8 m · 9 s	N	15 km/h · 57 km/h gusts	E Onshore	0.5 m	Showers · 6 °C
6 AM	Fair	0.9 m · 9 s	N	16 km/h · 44 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	0.6 m	Drizzle · 7 °C
7 AM	Poor	0.9 m · 8 s	N	15 km/h · 40 km/h gusts	SE Onshore	0.7 m	Clear · 7 °C
8 AM	Poor	1 m · 6 s	N	19 km/h · 47 km/h gusts	E Onshore	1 m	Clear · 10 °C
9 AM	Poor	1 m · 6 s	N	18 km/h · 48 km/h gusts	ENE Cross-shore	1.2 m	Clear · 12 °C
10 AM	Poor	1.3 m · 6 s	N	20 km/h · 50 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	1.4 m	Clear · 12 °C
11 AM	Poor	1.5 m · 7 s	N	20 km/h · 49 km/h gusts	NNE Cross-shore	1.5 m	Light drizzle · 13 °C
12 PM	Good	1.7 m · 8 s	N	24 km/h · 56 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	1.5 m	Light drizzle · 13 °C
1 PM	Fair	1.9 m · 8 s	N	24 km/h · 61 km/h gusts	NNE Cross-shore	1.3 m	Overcast · 12 °C
2 PM	Good	2 m · 9 s	N	19 km/h · 57 km/h gusts	N Offshore	1.1 m	Clear · 12 °C
3 PM	Good	2.2 m · 9 s	N	21 km/h · 48 km/h gusts	N Offshore	0.8 m	Partly cloudy · 11 °C
4 PM	Good	2.4 m · 9 s	N	16 km/h · 45 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	0.6 m	Partly cloudy · 11 °C
5 PM	Good	2.6 m · 8 s	N	14 km/h · 37 km/h gusts	NNE Offshore	0.4 m	Mostly clear · 10 °C
6 PM	Good	2.8 m · 8 s	N	8 km/h · 34 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	0.4 m	Overcast · 9 °C
7 PM	Good	2.7 m · 8 s	N	6 km/h · 22 km/h gusts	NNE Cross-shore	0.5 m	Overcast · 9 °C
8 PM	Good	2.6 m · 8 s	N	5 km/h · 17 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	0.7 m	Overcast · 8 °C
9 PM	Good	2.5 m · 8 s	N	3 km/h · 14 km/h gusts	NE Cross-shore	0.9 m	Mostly clear · 8 °C
10 PM	Good	2.3 m · 8 s	N	1 km/h · 12 km/h gusts	ESE Onshore	1.2 m	Clear · 7 °C
11 PM	Good	2.1 m · 7 s	N	2 km/h · 7 km/h gusts	S Onshore	1.3 m	Clear · 6 °C