Whale Watch Reef Webcam and Surf Cam

Lat Long: 42.40° S 173.68° E

Issued: 5 pm 29 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Whale Watch Reef sea temperature is

10.9°C

Whale Watch Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

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This is the best Whale Watch Reef webcam that we have found on the web. The Whale Watch Reef surf cam and those surfcams nearby are not operated by surf-forecast.com, so please contact us if you find the Whale Watch Reef surf cam is dead or frequently offline. Also, if you know of a better beach camera that points at a surf spot in the region, let us know. Webcams for Whale Watch Reef and elsewhere along the Kaikoura and Marlborough coast are useful as indicators for general surf conditions that affect other surf breaks in the region.