Whites Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 01 Dec 2025 NZDT
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Whites Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whites Bay sea temperature is
15.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Whites Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Whites Bay at 4AM is: 0.1m 14s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 01). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.5m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Dec)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Afternoon (01 Dec)0.5ft (0.1m)14s
Evening (01 Dec)0.5ft (0.1m)14s

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

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
E
0.1
S
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
S
0.1
E
0.2
S
0.2
E
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.4
S
2.1
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
Period(s) (?)151514141415141414144117117777456677
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4444444444124994881826121361469413
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
15
N
10
NW
5
NW
0
S
10
SE
15
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:01AM
1.57
3:27PM
1.61
3:55AM
1.65
4:21PM
1.66
4:51AM
1.73
5:19PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:53PM
0.37
9:11AM
0.40
9:43PM
0.33
10:10AM
0.38
10:34PM
0.30
11:10AM
0.34
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Sunrise---5:45-------5:45-------5:43----
Sunset-------8:38-------8:40-------8:42
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C181614141920191814121212182121191514131415151414
Feels °C (?)15141212161817151299916171615131312131311109
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