Whites Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 19 Feb 2026 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
18.2° 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 10PM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)--
Afternoon (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (19 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
1.3
SSE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
S
1
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)11111211111111101010101010911101110988888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)487411113093919094903148685745879218274161995033332121
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
15
NNW
15
W
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
SE
10
SE
0
SSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
0
SSW
10
NE
15
NNE
20
N
15
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:46PM
1.58
9:06AM
1.66
9:36PM
1.61
9:56AM
1.66
10:29PM
1.64
10:52AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:41PM
0.34
2:54AM
0.30
3:26PM
0.32
3:41AM
0.30
4:12PM
0.32
4:31AM
0.33
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----6:52-------6:52-------6:54--
Sunset-8:22-------8:21-------8:20------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222117151415192324171414121014161818131413121921
Feels °C (?)18191512101213181713121310813131515109891518
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