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Waipapa Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 18 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
17.3° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 8AM is: 1.8m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 18). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (18 Jan)5ft (1.6m)8s
Evening (18 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)8888888888877777777778814
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)47549851046047937930726822618616013711811599866947473931656664
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
25
S
20
S
10
S
5
SW
5
SW
0
W
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
NE
0
NNW
0
NW
5
SW
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononcross-
on		glassglasscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:15AM
1.48
5:33PM
1.33
5:59AM
1.50
6:16PM
1.34
6:42AM
1.50
7:00PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:54PM
0.28
11:33AM
0.31
11:38PM
0.26
12:18PM
0.28
12:23AM
0.23
1:02PM
0.26
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise---6:07-------6:09-------6:11----
Sunset-------8:59-------8:59-------8:58
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131313121313141313121111141515141212111114151515
Feels °C (?)888789991110910121213121112101013131313
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