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Waipapa Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 13 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
18.0° C
 (Which is 2.6°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 12PM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (13 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (13 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
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)
3
3
2
1
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.3
SSW
1.3
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
2.2
SE
Period(s) (?)121111101010101099999999981456778
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)714536442408331271228179171168106103821061037755514098245298251516
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
5
NNW
5
E
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
0
ESE
5
NE
0
ENE
5
E
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
15
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglasscrossoncross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglassglassglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:29AM
1.39
1:47PM
1.32
2:16AM
1.40
2:34PM
1.31
3:02AM
1.41
3:20PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:40AM
0.33
7:56PM
0.30
8:29AM
0.35
8:41PM
0.31
9:16AM
0.35
9:25PM
0.31
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise-6:03-------6:03-------6:05------
Sunset-----9:01-------9:00-------9:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------1--1-14126913852
Temp. °C131417191920191717151616151615141415151516151515
Feels °C (?)111316181819171717151616141514141415151414131413
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