Whites Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
14.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whites Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Whites Bay at 4PM is: 3.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.9m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)9s
Afternoon (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)9s
Evening (22 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
4
4
2
3
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
S
3
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)9999999988810999999888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30142883234320861204123313827494863853061591611331331069468585757554040
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
40
S
30
SSE
20
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
W
5
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
onononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:21AM
1.70
10:44PM
1.82
11:18AM
1.69
11:41PM
1.77
12:12PM
1.67
12:38AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:24PM
0.29
5:05AM
0.31
5:23PM
0.30
6:03AM
0.33
6:21PM
0.31
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise7:01-------7:01-------7:03-------
Sunset--5:43-------5:40-------5:39-----
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C1010119866791212101087791414121010109
Feels °C (?)114342236998964461212118776
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