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Waipapa Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 05 Feb 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
16.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waipapa Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Waipapa Bay at 5AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 05). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (05 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
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)
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)13131013101010101110101010101010109745666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25927312832617517216713518713813668788056553134162133423324
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
15
NE
5
N
5
NNW
10
WSW
5
W
5
E
5
E
10
ENE
5
NE
10
SW
10
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
5
E
15
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		crosscrossglasscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:45PM
1.51
8:12AM
1.61
8:37PM
1.48
9:03AM
1.55
9:30PM
1.46
9:54AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:58AM
0.06
2:34PM
0.10
2:51AM
0.11
3:24PM
0.14
3:44AM
0.17
4:12PM
0.19
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise---6:31-------6:33-------6:33----
Sunset-------8:43-------8:42-------8:40
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141514141819212020201818212122221918161516171818
Feels °C (?)121312111515171921201717212121221917141316171616
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