Robin Hood Bay surf break

Robin Hood Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Saturday 23 Aug 2025 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
12.0° 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 1AM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm August 23). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)8s
Afternoon (24 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (24 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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

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Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.1
S
Period(s) (?)98888811101099988844415151516920
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1027974475858575047442625221212373000000
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
5
W
5
E
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:05PM
1.67
6:29AM
1.60
6:54PM
1.65
7:21AM
1.58
7:43PM
1.62
8:14AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:23AM
0.33
12:45PM
0.28
1:15AM
0.33
1:33PM
0.30
2:03AM
0.35
2:20PM
0.35
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Sunrise----7:01-------7:00-------6:58---
Sunset------5:50-------5:51-------5:52-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C8777812131110999101211987778111210
Feels °C (?)54435998755571087644469109
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Kaikoura and Marlborough

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Robin Hood Bay (calm at Blenheim 26 km from Robin Hood Bay). A 0.6m swell from the SSE

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