Whites Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 19 Feb 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
18.6° C
(Which is 1.5°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: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 19). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (19 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (19 Feb)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.3
SSE
0.7
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
ESE
0.5
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)109912111112111111111010101010109101091098
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61434352485111113093919083683498698945852162991588051
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
25
NW
30
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
20
W
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
20
SE
15
SE
5
SE
5
S
5
SW
0
SE
10
NE
15
NNE
20
N
15
NW
20
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
onononglasscrossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:20AM
1.65
8:46PM
1.58
9:06AM
1.66
9:36PM
1.61
9:56AM
1.66
10:29PM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:10AM
0.32
2:41PM
0.34
2:54AM
0.30
3:26PM
0.32
3:41AM
0.30
4:12PM
0.32
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:50-------6:52-------6:52------
Sunset-----8:22-------8:21-------8:20--
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141420242222161515151922241714131312141618181312
Feels °C (?)12121820182014121112141717131112121113141514108
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