Whites Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Sunday 05 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
15.9° C
(Which is 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: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Afternoon (05 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s
Evening (05 Apr)3ft (0.9m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.8
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
1.8
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)556666666666655656668888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3345505862605643424233252524424325344056773588796
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
10
S
5
SSE
5
NE
5
NE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:31AM
1.54
9:00PM
1.61
9:19AM
1.52
9:42PM
1.59
10:07AM
1.49
10:22PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:22AM
0.47
2:38PM
0.47
3:07AM
0.51
3:19PM
0.52
3:51AM
0.55
4:02PM
0.56
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wed
08
Sunrise--6:43-------6:43-------6:45-----
Sunset-----6:08-------6:07-------6:06--
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cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------584
Temp. °C131313151513121112121415181615141313151717141415
Feels °C (?)12111213121010910101213161414131212141617141414
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