Whites Bay surfForecast / Kaikoura and Marlborough / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 02 Mar 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
16.9° 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 10PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)--
Afternoon (02 Mar)11ft (3.5m)9s
Evening (02 Mar)11ft (3.5m)9s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
3
3
!
2
0
0
1
0
2
3
4
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
3.5
S
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.9
SE
1.9
SE
1.9
ESE
1.8
SE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)999999998889111111111111111010101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21771985162913151145208095912081252135110977671011730806894829730610466457378267419
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
30
S
20
S
15
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
10
SW
10
SSW
10
WSW
5
W
10
ENE
15
NE
5
NE
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
10
W
5
NNW
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassglassoffoffcross-
off
offcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:11PM
1.64
6:37AM
1.70
7:01PM
1.63
7:28AM
1.68
7:54PM
1.62
8:18AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:25AM
0.25
12:53PM
0.29
1:18AM
0.25
1:46PM
0.30
2:09AM
0.27
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise------7:05-------7:07-------7:07-
Sunset-8:06-------8:05-------8:02------
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C121198761215161412109813161616131212111518
Feels °C (?)4444428101010877511131316121111101416
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