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Whites Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 23 Nov 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
15.1° C
 (Which is 1.4°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 11AM is: 0.5m 5s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Afternoon (23 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Evening (23 Nov)1ft (0.3m)5s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
S
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.8
S
1.1
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
ESE
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)55555135545555555512101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)18131286144418485757494348353828293030321717
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
NW
10
N
15
NE
10
NE
0
ESE
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
W
10
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		crosscrossglassglassonononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:11AM
1.57
9:33PM
1.46
9:50AM
1.55
10:19PM
1.44
10:31AM
1.52
11:05PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:52AM
0.55
3:24PM
0.56
3:33AM
0.54
4:07PM
0.54
4:15AM
0.53
4:51PM
0.52
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
Sunrise-5:48-------5:48-------5:48------
Sunset-----8:30-------8:31-------8:32--
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----1----1-------------
Temp. °C101216191918141313131313131312111112151821201715
Feels °C (?)91115171819141212101010910109911141617181614
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