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Whites Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 10 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
17.5° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 2PM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)5s
Afternoon (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)8s

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

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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
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
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.2
S
0.2
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.1
E
0.6
WNW
0.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)55598877771413131313155156612111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1813815191810944433334018123104290543400262
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
30
NW
40
NW
40
NW
45
NW
40
NW
50
NW
30
WNW
20
SSE
10
ESE
10
E
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:50PM
1.60
1:17AM
1.58
1:41PM
1.56
2:07AM
1.57
2:30PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:29AM
0.41
7:03PM
0.40
7:25AM
0.49
7:55PM
0.45
8:21AM
0.55
8:43PM
0.50
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-6:01-------6:01-------6:03------
Sunset-----8:59-------8:59-------8:59--
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------2-------
Temp. °C151924272723181616162325252219191813141616141312
Feels °C (?)14162122222016141414181818151312139121313111110
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