South Island

Waimairi Beach Surf Cams

Thank you to our webcam provider 🤙 : Waimairi Surf Lifesaving Club. Waimairi is a voluntary Surf Lifesaving Club established in 1949. Waimairi is the northernmost of the Christchurch City beaches, located at the intersection of Beach Rd and Marine Parade Christchurch. They patrol Waimairi Beach on Saturdays and Sundays throughout the summer. Thay have a large active membership of juniors (7 – 13 years+) and offer a competitive training squad for surf sports. Join the club or support them here www.waimairisurf.org.nz

Taylors Mistake Surf Cam

Thank you to our webcam provider 🤙 : Lyttelton Port Company Limited

Aramoana Surf Cam

Thank you to our webcam provider 🤙 : Port Otago Limited

Kaikoura Surf Cam

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Tautuku Bay Surf Cam

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Greymouth Live Surf Cam

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Entrance to Milford Sound Non-Surf Cam

Thank you to our webcam provider 🤙: Milford Sound / Piopiotahi is a fiord in the southwest of New Zealand’s South Island. It’s known for towering Mitre Peak, plus rainforests and waterfalls like Stirling and Bowen falls, which plummet down its sheer sides. The fiord is home to fur seal colonies, penguins and dolphins. Milford Discovery Centre and Underwater Observatory offers views of rare black coral and other marine life. Boat tours are a popular way to explore.

Christchurch Recreational Forecast

Nearby coastal warnings: Nil for Conway

Variable 5 knots. Easterly 10 knots developing about midday, rising to 15 knots in the afternoon, then to northeast 20 knots in the evening. Sea becoming moderate in the evening. Cloudy with poor visibility in morning drizzle. Becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Easterly swell 1 metre dying out.Northeast 20 knots, turning easterly 15 knots early, then easing to variable 5 knots late. Cloud clearing and becoming fine.Variable 5 knots, becoming southwest 10 knots late. Fine. Easterly swell 1 metre dying out.Southwest 10 knots, turning to easterly 10 knots early. Partly cloudy. Easterly swell 1 metre developing.

Significant swell is included if forecast to be 0.5 metres or higher for today and tomorrow, and 1m or higher beyond that.

Issued: 3:31am Fri, 9 Oct

New issues of this forecast are made available at or before:
5:00am, 11:30am, 5:45pm, 11:30pm
Updates and amendments may be issued at any time.

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