Robin Hood Bay surf break

Robin Hood Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 09 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
15.1° 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 10AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (09 Apr)--
Evening (09 Apr)--

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


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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
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 (?)
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
0.8
S
1.2
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101011111111113455545555555566
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)52343600000210288042232327222217810182630
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
SW
5
S
10
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
0
SSW
5
N
5
NW
10
WNW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:36AM
1.45
11:48PM
1.50
12:20PM
1.43
12:38AM
1.48
1:07PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:20AM
0.58
5:33PM
0.60
6:09AM
0.58
6:22PM
0.58
7:00AM
0.55
7:11PM
0.55
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise--6:47-------6:48-------6:48-----
Sunset-----6:01-------6:00------5:59---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141416202117151414131517161312121111131819181717
Feels °C (?)1212141718151311121213121211101099121818171615
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