Robin Hood Bay surf break

Robin Hood Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 04 Apr 2026 NZDT
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Robin Hood Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Robin Hood Bay sea temperature is
15.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Robin Hood Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Robin Hood Bay at 5PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

Table - waves today at Robin Hood Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.2
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.2
E
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)11111110101055616156666666656666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)939164343333342733254564645050483626171534319243
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
5
NNW
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
on
crossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:43AM
1.57
9:15PM
1.61
9:31AM
1.54
10:00PM
1.61
10:19AM
1.52
10:42PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:55PM
0.43
3:22AM
0.47
3:38PM
0.47
4:07AM
0.51
4:19PM
0.52
4:51AM
0.55
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise--------7:41-------7:43-------
Sunset---7:10-------7:09-------7:07----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C162020171313131313151413121212131416171615151414
Feels °C (?)131616171212121211131110101010111214151414141413
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