Robin Hood Bay surf break

Robin Hood Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
15.5° 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 7PM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (16 Apr)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.9
SSE
1.1
S
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.8
N
1.2
N
0.9
N
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)111111991414141413131313121288812124459
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2323231381992120403935343333311537242414130000
Wind
(km/h)
30
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
15
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
35
NW
40
NW
40
NNW
35
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
10
WNW
0
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:08PM
1.66
5:32AM
1.69
5:58PM
1.73
6:24AM
1.72
6:53PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:55AM
0.34
11:24PM
0.34
11:45AM
0.31
12:16AM
0.31
12:39PM
0.29
1:10AM
0.29
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise6:54-------6:54-------6:56-------
Sunset--5:51-------5:50-------5:47-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------131684104-
Temp. °C141616131099811171715161616161616151515161513
Feels °C (?)7896556581212101099101312111211131513
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