Waipapa Bay surf break

Waipapa Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 04 Jul 2025 NZST
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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
10.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waipapa Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Waipapa Bay at 11PM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm July 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Jul)--
Afternoon (04 Jul)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (04 Jul)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Sat
12
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
0.7
S
0.9
ENE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.1
S
0.7
ENE
1.2
S
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.5
E
0.6
SSE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.1
E
1.2
E
1.5
E
1.9
E
2
E
2.1
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2.2
E
2.1
E
2.1
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.9
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
E
1.8
E
Period(s) (?)10141114141111111111911999888888881071010151414141413131312111111111112121111111111111111111111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)443390398392349303294316309310412359451379338324265261233184203173153115927564161239309304223229182147127163185377449679104711551158125212411256126511071068115210351019914813809895774693697
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
SE
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
5
S
10
S
10
SSW
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
0
SSW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
ENE
0
E
5
WNW
5
W
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
N
15
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
10
W
5
WNW
5
SW
5
ESE
5
SE
0
W
5
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:16AM
1.34
12:45PM
1.36
1:03AM
1.31
1:31PM
1.38
1:49AM
1.31
2:17PM
1.41
2:35AM
1.31
3:01PM
1.44
3:20AM
1.32
3:46PM
1.47
4:05AM
1.33
4:30PM
1.49
4:49AM
1.34
5:15PM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:06PM
0.32
6:27AM
0.29
6:55PM
0.35
7:11AM
0.31
7:43PM
0.36
7:55AM
0.32
8:30PM
0.35
8:39AM
0.31
9:17PM
0.34
9:24AM
0.30
10:03PM
0.32
10:09AM
0.27
10:49PM
0.29
10:55AM
0.25
11:35PM
0.27
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Sat
12
Sunrise------7:52-------7:52-------7:52-------7:52-------7:52-------7:50-------7:50-----
Sunset5:04-------5:04-------5:05-------5:06-------5:06-------5:07-------5:07-------5:07---
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Rain (mm)
1-12--11---1------------------------------------------------
Temp. °C101010999109109999991010889888101098888899987888101111111011121215151413131313121313111010
Feels °C (?)99966676655556787567666878666667765443357787899121212101111111011121087
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Kaikoura and Marlborough

  1. Excellent conditions on Friday am with about 15 surfers at the point. Light offshore with shoulder to head-high waves. It got hollow on the gravel bar. Mellower very long lefts on the inside bar as the tide came in. Cloud and rain slowly clearing.

    Delaware Bay Point, 123 km away
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