Waipapa Bay surf break

Waipapa Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 02 Apr 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
15.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waipapa Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Waipapa Bay at 12PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.1
SSE
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)131312121212161614131313121212121111111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)835826670635547538686160610286537597365744804042741981511168375963333
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
10
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNE
5
NE
5
S
10
WSW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NW
5
N
0
ESE
5
SSW
15
S
25
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassononcross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:41AM
1.50
6:05PM
1.48
6:28AM
1.46
6:52PM
1.48
7:15AM
1.43
7:39PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:57AM
0.17
12:21AM
0.18
12:43PM
0.19
1:10AM
0.20
1:29PM
0.22
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise--7:39-------7:41-------7:41-----
Sunset-----7:15-------7:13-------7:12--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131417202018181717161821232220181717202121151413
Feels °C (?)111115171615161415141619222017161514182019121110
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