Whites Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 06 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
15.5° 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 8AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (07 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Evening (07 Apr)5ft (1.6m)8s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.3
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.6
E
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)55566667888899991010101010101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)44273036401323945283819096828892646750515033353535
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
ESE
5
NNE
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:42PM
1.59
10:07AM
1.49
10:22PM
1.56
10:52AM
1.47
11:03PM
1.53
11:36AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:51AM
0.55
4:02PM
0.56
4:35AM
0.57
4:46PM
0.59
5:20AM
0.58
5:33PM
0.60
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise----6:45-------6:46-------6:47---
Sunset-------6:06-------6:04-------6:01
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------11422------------
Temp. °C151514131518161414141414151821171415151416202118
Feels °C (?)141413121418161314141414151817141214131214181817
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