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Waipapa Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 24 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
16.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waipapa Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Waipapa Bay at 3PM is: 2.3m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (24 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)8s
Evening (24 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tue
27
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
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
!
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SE
2.5
S
3
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2.5
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
3
SSW
2
S
2
S
2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)107888888891112121212121111111010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28677899579073361284457440140465289410621213108010451983941907867818710637637
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
40
SW
35
WSW
30
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
SSW
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
S
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
NE
5
SE
5
NNW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		offcross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off		glassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:42AM
1.47
10:08PM
1.40
10:32AM
1.46
11:01PM
1.44
11:25AM
1.46
11:56PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:29AM
0.20
4:02PM
0.19
4:20AM
0.20
4:50PM
0.18
5:14AM
0.20
5:41PM
0.16
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tue
27
Sunrise-6:16-------6:16-------6:18------
Sunset-----8:54-------8:53-------8:52--
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
2716121---121---1------12--
Temp. °C131212141715141412131516151516161616171615151414
Feels °C (?)65581211121111111315141315151516171615151414
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