Whites Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 06 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
14.6° C
(Which is 1.2°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 10AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 06). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (06 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (06 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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Thursday
06
Friday
07
Saturday
08
Sun
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
1
S
0.9
S
0.6
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
S
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)11111010101010101010799910991010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12115314713913613313113112819272651108513513311312512511790886856
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
WNW
15
NW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
5
SE
5
ENE
5
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffonglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:05AM
1.83
7:35PM
1.77
8:05AM
1.88
8:35PM
1.77
9:05AM
1.91
9:36PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:24PM
0.26
1:47AM
0.24
2:24PM
0.25
2:45AM
0.24
3:24PM
0.26
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Saturday
08
Sun
09
Sunrise-6:05-------6:03-------6:03------
Sunset-----8:09-------8:10-------8:12--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111120242420161513121517181814121212161719191412
Feels °C (?)881619201814141212141415161310111114141616129
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