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Whites Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
16.9° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Whites Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Whites Bay at 4AM is: 0.1m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Afternoon (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)10s
Evening (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)10s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
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
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
SE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
S
0.8
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
Period(s) (?)4411101010101010101016151414844458898
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)554444444425444620877551311
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
0
NW
0
NW
0
S
5
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
15
NW
15
W
10
WNW
15
NW
30
WNW
5
WNW
10
SE
5
SE
5
W
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoffglassononcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:38PM
1.67
11:01AM
1.70
11:33PM
1.64
11:56AM
1.64
12:26AM
1.61
12:50PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:43AM
0.24
5:18PM
0.29
5:35AM
0.32
6:10PM
0.34
6:29AM
0.41
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---5:58-------6:00-------6:01----
Sunset-------9:00-------8:59-------8:59
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151414141920212118181717242829231615171824272723
Feels °C (?)161514141919202017151516212328221715151520222219
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