Robin Hood Bay surf break

Robin Hood Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 04 Apr 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
15.8° 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 8AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.3
SSE
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)12121111111111101010555615666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25019918613812391643433333619284645767360604850393919
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
10
NNW
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:25PM
1.61
8:43AM
1.57
9:15PM
1.61
9:31AM
1.54
10:00PM
1.61
10:19AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:36AM
0.42
2:55PM
0.43
3:22AM
0.47
3:38PM
0.47
4:07AM
0.51
4:19PM
0.52
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise----7:41-------7:41-------7:43---
Sunset-------7:10-------7:09-------7:07
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141313121620201714131313131415131212121213151616
Feels °C (?)111010913161616141212111112121099101010121314
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