Robin Hood Bay surf break

Robin Hood Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 08 Mar 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
16.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Robin Hood Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Robin Hood Bay at 9PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 08). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (08 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (08 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)8s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.2
SSE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
1.4
NNW
0.3
SSE
1.1
S
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
1
SSE
0.7
SE
0.5
S
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)15988861561516777777141375125512
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)211577704572422527030325222216313914713910523773528186
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
N
25
N
20
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
SE
10
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:51AM
1.56
11:20PM
1.60
11:41AM
1.53
12:02AM
1.59
12:28PM
1.50
12:45AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:56PM
0.45
5:24AM
0.52
5:41PM
0.51
6:12AM
0.56
6:28PM
0.57
7:00AM
0.59
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Sunrise--------7:11-------7:13-------
Sunset---7:57-------7:54-------7:52----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1-1------------
Temp. °C18212220161614151413121212121212131415141210109
Feels °C (?)1719191815161314119778899910111110776
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