Whites Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 22 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
14.8° C
(Which is 1.1°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 9AM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Afternoon (22 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)5s
Evening (22 Nov)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
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
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.8
SE
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)5665555555555555141414141414513
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1864644928212524181312964441515153438373231
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
SW
5
W
5
WNW
10
N
15
NE
15
NE
5
ENE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononcrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
glassglassonglassononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:31AM
1.58
8:50PM
1.48
9:11AM
1.57
9:33PM
1.46
9:50AM
1.55
10:19PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
0.56
2:43PM
0.57
2:52AM
0.55
3:24PM
0.56
3:33AM
0.54
4:07PM
0.54
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tue
25
Sunrise-5:50-------5:48-------5:48------
Sunset-----8:29-------8:30-------8:31--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121214151513121111111518191714131313141615141212
Feels °C (?)101012121211111010101416171614131213121412111010
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