Kaikoura and Marlborough Surf

Kaikoura and Marlborough Surf Forecast

Detailed Kaikoura and Marlborough surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Kaikoura and Marlborough. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Kaikoura and Marlborough. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Kaikoura and Marlborough over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Kaikoura and Marlborough and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Kaikoura and Marlborough Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Kaikoura and Marlborough Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Kaikoura and Marlborough coastline are also listed below.

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Kaikoura and Marlborough Wavefinder

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	Sat	Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	1	1	1	1	3	2	5	7	6	6	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	2.5 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSE	1.3 SE	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.7 S	1.1 S
Period(s)	11	6	7	9	17	15	17	14	14	14	13	12	10	10	9	11	10	10	18	16	14	11
Energy	92	147	127	161	504	332	3658	11355	12763	5233	2252	1606	603	467	449	258	148	77	105	284	323	318
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:23PM 1.41	9:46AM 1.26		10:06PM 1.40	10:20AM 1.73		10:41PM 1.79	11:29AM 1.24		11:37PM 1.41		12:12PM 1.34	12:27AM 1.43		12:58PM 1.45	1:20AM 1.46		1:52PM 1.55	2:16AM 1.50		2:47PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		3:44AM 0.30	5:12PM 0.49		4:11AM 0.59	4:35PM 0.30		5:23AM 0.24	5:36PM 0.25		5:53AM 0.23		6:14PM 0.24	6:41AM 0.19		7:08PM 0.20	7:32AM 0.14		8:06PM 0.15	8:26AM 0.09		9:04PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	11	12	12	12	16	17	10	12	12	12	15	15	12	13	14	13	14	12	11	11	11	11
Low °C	8	9	10	11	12	11	9	10	10	10	13	13	11	11	13	11	11	11	9	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	11	10	11	11	16	17	8	9	9	12	15	15	11	13	14	13	13	10	10	11	10	10
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	2.5 S	0.7 S	1.7 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.2 SSE	1.3 SE	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	6	6	7	9	17	15	17	21	21	14	13	12	10	10	9	11	10	10	18	7	8	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 NE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SE	1.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	11	7	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	17	12	6	5	15	9	16	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	5.0 S	5.0 S	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 S	-	-	0.6 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	14	14	-	-	-	3	5	5	-	3	4	5	-	-	4

	Sat	Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tuesday 09
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	0	5	9	5	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	2.5 S	4.0 S	3.0 SSE	5.0 S	5.5 S
Period(s)	11	11	6	5	6	6	7	9	9	9	9	16	17	16	15	15	16	17	14	14	14	14
Energy	108	92	57	106	147	124	127	252	208	161	213	224	504	354	332	72	444	3658	11780	4908	11355	12893
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:23PM 1.41				11:16AM 1.41				10:06PM 1.40				10:30AM 1.27				10:41PM 1.79				11:29AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)				3:44AM 0.30				3:50PM 0.31				4:26AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	10	9	9	11	12	12	10	11	11	12	12	16	17	12	9	9	9	9	10	12
Chill °C (?)	11	10	8	7	9	11	11	12	9	10	10	11	11	16	17	12	7	9	8	9	7	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	0.7 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	5	6	6	10	6	6	7	9	9	9	9	9	17	16	15	15	16	17	14	14	21	22
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 ENE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 S	0.1 SE	-	1.4 S	1.5 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	7	10	12	11	9	3	7	18	16	10	9	9	8	14	-	20	21	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 S	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 N	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.3 NNE	-	0.3 NNW	0.9 S	-	4.0 S	4.5 S	5.0 S	5.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	3	4	-	5	4	-	14	13	14	14

	Saturday 06	Sunday 07
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	3	2	2	1	0	5	9	5	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 ENE	0.8 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 S
Period(s)	9	11	11	9	6	11	11	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	9
Energy	129	108	108	98	84	92	92	56	57	69	106	106	106	147	147	156	329	124	118	120	127	288
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				9:01PM 1.78												9:52AM 1.23		11:16AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)										4:00AM 0.27												3:50PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	8	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	8	8	5	7	8	9	9	10	10	11	10	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	9	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	10	10	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	10	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	3