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Waipapa Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 21 Nov 2025 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
14.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 10PM is: 0.6m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 21). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)--
Afternoon (21 Nov)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (21 Nov)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ENE
0.9
NE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
1.3
SSW
1
S
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
ESE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)107995599999999599991414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)747166487851462727263130262618181717183636616262
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
0
ENE
30
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
10
E
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
0
NNW
15
SW
20
SW
15
S
15
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:59AM
1.47
7:21PM
1.33
7:44AM
1.47
8:06PM
1.31
8:28AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
0.30
1:21PM
0.30
1:27AM
0.30
2:07PM
0.30
2:12AM
0.31
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise-----5:48-------5:47-------5:47--
Sunset-8:30-------8:31-------8:34------
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------123
Temp. °C242417131212131414131212121315151616141413131312
Feels °C (?)24241398910121212101010121414151614129111010
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