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Ward Beach surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 02 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Ward Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ward Beach sea temperature is
16.2° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ward Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ward Beach at 1PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 02). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (02 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (02 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

Table - waves today at Ward Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
1.5
SSW
1.1
S
1.2
S
1.6
S
2.4
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
1.9
SSE
1.7
SE
1.6
SE
1
S
1.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)101012121111111155667788877888118
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3433736962585755104629220652180610031047888672537389335296253219
Wind
(km/h)
35
N
30
NNW
35
N
40
N
35
N
35
N
15
NNW
15
SW
30
SSW
30
S
25
S
30
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:15AM
1.51
6:41PM
1.32
7:13AM
1.51
7:40PM
1.33
8:10AM
1.50
8:36PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:50PM
0.10
1:03AM
0.06
1:46PM
0.07
1:59AM
0.05
2:38PM
0.05
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thu
05
Sunrise-6:26-------6:28-------6:30------
Sunset-----8:45-------8:43-------8:42--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------21141-11--------
Temp. °C151419232320191715151515151414131212141515141313
Feels °C (?)981316171417151111111076654571011121213
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