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Whale Watch Reef surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 25 Nov 2025 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Whale Watch Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whale Watch Reef sea temperature is
14.7° C
 (Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)
Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent 
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Rating
(10 max)
0
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0
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0
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2
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Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.8
E
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.4
NE
2.5
ENE
2.5
NE
2.2
ENE
2.5
NE
1.9
NE
2.3
NE
2.3
NE
2.4
NE
1.7
NNE
1.6
NNE
2.2
NNE
1.8
NNE
1
NNE
1.2
N
2.4
NNE
2.5
NNE
2.2
NE
1.6
NNE
Period(s) (?)999445677777777777777887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32106116355210647570151360639447853959627725047129383138555709516249
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
15
NNE
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
20
NNE
20
NNE
25
NNE
25
NNE
10
NNE
10
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononcross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:38PM
1.73
8:50AM
1.83
9:24PM
1.71
9:34AM
1.81
10:10PM
1.70
10:22AM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:36AM
0.67
3:12PM
0.65
3:21AM
0.65
3:58PM
0.63
4:07AM
0.63
4:45PM
0.60
Mon
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Sunrise---5:46-------5:46-------5:45----
Sunset-------8:37-------8:37-------8:39
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clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121212131517202219181818191921212017161821232323
Feels °C (?)99991113151916161615161618201915131619212123
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