Waipapa Bay surf break

Waipapa Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 04 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
15.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waipapa Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Waipapa Bay at 11AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (04 Apr)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (04 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
1
S
1
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)1111111110101055661615151515141411101010106
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)205151116835351333742646883113110737170683754525151197
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NW
5
SW
5
E
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
0
S
0
NNE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:15AM
1.43
7:39PM
1.48
8:02AM
1.39
8:26PM
1.47
8:50AM
1.36
9:14PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:10AM
0.20
1:29PM
0.22
1:59AM
0.23
2:14PM
0.25
2:47AM
0.26
3:00PM
0.28
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise--7:41-------7:43-------7:45-----
Sunset-----7:12-------7:09-------7:07--
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161719201714131313131313131313121213131516161515
Feels °C (?)131417181311101111111211111112111113131416151413
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