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

	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro 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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	2	3	4	2	3	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	2.1 SSW	2.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.7 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period(s)	9	14	12	11	11	16	6	7	9	11	7	9	10	11	16	17	17	14	13	12	14	14
Energy	113	108	106	105	81	290	283	114	227	275	502	1927	429	549	1425	3128	2902	1279	648	433	320	222
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:42PM 1.75		4:09AM 1.56	4:54PM 1.67		5:05AM 2.11			6:05AM 1.60		6:36PM 1.82	7:03AM 1.59		7:25PM 2.22	8:01AM 1.57		8:31PM 1.74	8:59AM 1.54		9:28PM 1.67	9:57AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	9:22AM 0.04		10:04PM 0.06	10:19AM 0.00		11:04PM 0.02	11:17AM 0.28	12:56PM 0.20	12:03AM -0.00		12:14PM -0.04	1:01AM -0.01		1:15PM -0.04	1:48AM 0.29		2:13PM -0.02	2:55AM 0.01		3:11PM 0.03		3:50AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	7	3	-	-	-	3	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	15	18	15	10	9	10	11	11	7	7	9	9	9	11	11	12	17	18	17	18
Low °C	12	14	14	15	10	8	8	9	9	7	6	5	6	9	7	8	10	10	14	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	17	18	15	18	14	8	9	9	11	10	5	4	8	7	7	11	11	11	17	18	17	18
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-	-	7:54
Sunset	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 N	0.5 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.5 S	2.2 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.7 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.8 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	0.7 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	9	14	12	11	4	16	6	7	9	11	14	9	10	11	16	17	17	14	13	12	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 SE	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.6 S	0.1 SE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	0.2 NNE	0.7 S	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	15	9	10	13	11	10	15	11	14	14	12	12	11	15	11	-	-	6	16	4	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	1.3 S	1.5 SSW	-	-	0.9 N	2.1 SSW	2.5 S	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	1.0 NNE	-	-	0.5 NNE	-	0.3 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	6	6	-	-	7	7	9	-	3	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	2

	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro 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	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period(s)	9	9	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	16	16	6	6	7	7	7	8	9
Energy	113	90	108	134	109	106	126	118	105	84	81	377	379	290	105	202	283	306	114	126	132	227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				3:44PM 1.72				4:09AM 1.56				4:39PM 1.81				5:07AM 1.59				5:38PM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		9:22AM 0.04				10:04PM 0.06				10:19AM 0.00				11:04PM 0.02				11:18AM -0.03	12:56PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	17	18	16	15	14	14	15	15	18	15	8	8	10	9	8	8	10	10	9	9	9
Chill °C (?)	11	17	18	16	15	13	13	14	15	18	14	6	5	8	6	6	7	10	9	8	7	7
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 N	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	9	9	14	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	4	17	16	16	16	15	6	6	7	7	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 NNE	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	14	9	12	10	10	10	13	13	5	11	10	10	10	12	11	15	15	11	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.1 N	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	0.2 WNW	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NNE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	5	-	-	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	-	2	3	-

	Sunday 14	Monday 15
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream 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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy	118	115	113	94	93	90	92	114	108	111	132	134	133	111	109	107	107	106	104	101	126	124
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										3:44PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)				9:22AM 0.04													10:04PM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	14	16	17	18	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	11	14	16	17	18	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	9	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.1 N	0.1 N	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-