Robin Hood Bay surf break

Robin Hood Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 05 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 9PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)--
Afternoon (05 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (05 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
E
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)6666656665555666877910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)736056545049402522133942253434377511711714015412800
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
NE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:00PM
1.61
9:19AM
1.52
9:42PM
1.59
10:07AM
1.49
10:22PM
1.56
10:52AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:38PM
0.47
3:07AM
0.51
3:19PM
0.52
3:51AM
0.55
4:02PM
0.56
4:35AM
0.57
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise------6:43-------6:45-------6:46-
Sunset-6:08-------6:07-------6:06------
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1973---
Temp. °C141312121313141617161514141415171715141516151619
Feels °C (?)1010991111121415141413131314161615141315141516
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