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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Fri	Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12
	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	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream 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	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	9	6	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 N	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period(s)	7	9	9	6	6	8	9	16	16	16	19	15	13	13	12	11	11	18	16	12	11	10
Energy	345	100	127	116	79	142	143	230	252	413	11064	5148	2209	1728	1392	736	607	563	251	158	140	105
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		9:02AM 1.27		9:23PM 1.41	9:52AM 1.23		10:06PM 1.40	10:30AM 1.27		10:50PM 1.39	11:17AM 1.31		11:37PM 1.41		12:06PM 1.37	12:27AM 1.43		12:48PM 1.93	1:20AM 1.46		1:52PM 1.55	2:16AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	2:39AM 0.63	3:02AM 0.31	3:06PM 0.31		3:52AM 0.29	3:50PM 0.31		4:26AM 0.29	4:35PM 0.30		5:09AM 0.27	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
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	13	11	11	11	15	12	16	16	10	12	11	13	16	15	14	16	15	13	13	13	12
Low °C	13	12	11	9	9	12	11	12	15	8	8	9	11	13	13	13	13	14	11	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	15	12	9	11	8	14	11	16	16	7	10	11	12	16	15	14	16	15	13	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	7:47	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	6	9	9	6	6	8	9	16	16	16	19	15	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.2 ENE	0.1 SE	1.8 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 S
Period (s)	8	11	12	9	10	9	7	9	9	13	20	20	18	-	4	14	15	18	16	12	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 N	0.4 SSW	1.0 S	-	-	0.6 NE	-	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	0.3 NE	-	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.4 NNE
Period (s)	7	3	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	2	4	4

	Fri	Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream 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	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	1.5 N	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 S
Period(s)	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	9	9	9	17	16	16	16
Energy	43	345	50	75	100	110	127	209	111	116	81	76	79	79	142	230	200	143	237	245	230	339
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:40PM 1.43					9:02AM 1.27				9:23PM 1.41				9:46AM 1.26				10:06PM 1.40				10:30AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)				3:02AM 0.31								3:44AM 0.30				3:50PM 0.31				4:26AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	13	15	12	11	11	11	12	12	16
Chill °C (?)	16	13	14	14	12	10	9	11	11	10	9	7	9	11	14	12	10	10	10	11	11	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	1.0 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.2 ENE	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	7	6	8	8	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	8	9	9	9	9	9	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 S	0.2 NNE	0.4 S	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.5 NE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	8	6	6	11	5	12	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	4	4	7	17	16	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	1.5 N	0.2 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	0.6 NE	0.8 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	7	2	-	3	4	5	6	-	-	-	6	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 05	Saturday 06
	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	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef 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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	1	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	368	51	43	43	320	345	345	50	50	60	61	75	78	96	100	113	106	110	179	174	127	127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:40PM 1.43													9:02AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)										3:02AM 0.31												3:06PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	15	15	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 NE	0.7 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	1.0 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.1 S	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 NNE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	8	13	6	6	7	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	11	11	11	5	5	6	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NNE	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.5 N	1.5 N	1.5 N	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	7	-	2	2	7	7	7	2	2	2	-	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5