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Waipapa Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Waipapa Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waipapa Bay sea temperature is
17.0° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waipapa Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Waipapa Bay at 8AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (08 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSW
0.6
S
0.8
NE
0.6
NE
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)88777777161515141344554887766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)111111101019992017211817171317146144657431315
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
SW
10
WNW
10
WNW
0
NNW
0
NNE
0
SSE
20
S
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
0
E
5
SSE
5
E
5
NNE
5
NW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglassoncross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglasscross-
on		glassoffcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:33AM
1.63
10:01PM
1.47
10:26AM
1.55
10:55PM
1.44
11:18AM
1.47
11:48PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
0.06
3:56PM
0.09
4:12AM
0.12
4:47PM
0.13
5:06AM
0.19
5:37PM
0.18
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-5:56-------5:58-------5:58------
Sunset-----9:02-------9:02-------9:02--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171719192020202021222426261817181821242626252321
Feels °C (?)161619192018191920212427261617171720242525242218
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