Whites Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 16 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
14.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Whites Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Whites Bay at 8AM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Nov)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (16 Nov)2ft (0.6m)8s
Evening (16 Nov)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wed
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
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 (?)
0.4
ESE
0.6
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
ESE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
Period(s) (?)1178891010101111111211109999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)424341435533181720202027373128261515242728282826
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:57AM
1.53
4:22PM
1.53
4:49AM
1.53
5:10PM
1.52
5:38AM
1.55
5:58PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:11AM
0.49
10:34PM
0.46
11:07AM
0.52
11:19PM
0.49
11:57AM
0.54
12:03AM
0.51
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wed
19
Sunrise-5:54-------5:54-------5:52------
Sunset-----8:22-------8:22-------8:23--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C8813151715119891719191815141515181921181715
Feels °C (?)551111131185461314141614121413141416141414
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