Whites Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 24 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 1.3°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 2PM is: 0.7m 4s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 24). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)4s
Afternoon (24 Nov)1ft (0.3m)14s
Evening (24 Nov)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

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Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thu
27
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
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
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.9
SSE
0.4
SSW
0.8
SE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
ESE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)1444141451351312131212101010101081314141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)152921153439583351495049723032181717121314373660
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
NNE
20
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50AM
1.55
10:19PM
1.44
10:31AM
1.52
11:05PM
1.42
11:15AM
1.51
11:51PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:33AM
0.54
4:07PM
0.54
4:15AM
0.53
4:51PM
0.52
5:00AM
0.51
5:37PM
0.49
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Thu
27
Sunrise-5:48-------5:48-------5:47------
Sunset-----8:31-------8:32-------8:34--
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111--------------82-----
Temp. °C141314151313121212121418212017151515161818181816
Feels °C (?)13111212101091010111316181816141414141515161614
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