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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	Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Sat
	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	Mangamaunu 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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whites Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	1	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.3 S	0.5 S	1.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.5 S	1.0 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period(s)	9	11	10	9	13	12	11	5	16	6	6	9	11	14	13	11	15	14	14	13	12	15
Energy	123	178	144	113	108	107	134	143	178	209	90	198	900	635	1021	711	1092	1057	1144	546	741	693
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:47PM 1.64		3:12AM 1.53	3:44PM 1.72		4:09AM 1.56	4:41PM 1.78		5:05AM 2.11	5:38PM 1.82		6:18AM 1.49		6:36PM 1.82	7:03AM 1.59		7:47PM 1.69	8:01AM 1.57		8:31PM 1.74	8:59AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			9:04PM 0.10	9:22AM 0.04		10:04PM 0.06	10:19AM 0.00		11:11PM 0.03	11:17AM 0.28		12:03AM -0.00		12:24PM -0.03	1:01AM -0.01		1:15PM -0.04	2:14AM -0.02		3:44PM 0.18	2:55AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	17	18	15	17	11	10	9	10	11	13	12	9	12	12	9	12	13	13	16
Low °C	11	12	11	12	15	14	15	9	8	8	10	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	11	13
Chill °C (?)	13	14	11	17	18	15	17	8	7	9	8	10	12	11	9	12	12	7	11	12	12	16
Sunrise	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54
Sunset	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.3 SE	0.5 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	9	11	10	9	9	12	11	12	16	6	6	9	11	8	13	11	15	14	14	13	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 NNE	1.0 S	0.1 SE	0.7 S	0.1 SE	-	0.7 S	0.1 E	0.8 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	12	16	15	15	13	10	13	15	10	15	15	14	4	14	12	15	11	-	16	19	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 NNE	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.2 SSW	-	-	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNE	-
Period (s)	3	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	6	6	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-

	Saturday 13							Sunday 14								Monday 15
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu 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	Mangamaunu 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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.3 S	1.7 S
Period(s)	9	9	9	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	5	7
Energy	50	64	123	200	178	169	154	144	121	119	113	85	108	121	109	107	124	109	134	110	143	613
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	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)	2:16AM 1.50				2:47PM 1.64					3:12AM 1.53				3:44PM 1.72				4:09AM 1.56				4:39PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)			8:26AM 0.09					9:04PM 0.10				9:22AM 0.04				10:04PM 0.06				10:19AM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5
Temp. °C	9	9	11	12	14	12	12	11	12	11	12	17	18	15	15	14	15	15	15	17	11	9
Chill °C (?)	8	7	11	12	14	12	11	11	12	10	11	17	18	15	15	13	14	15	15	17	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 SE	1.5 S
Period (s)	5	9	9	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.3 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	5	12	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	10	10	10	13	13	13	15	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.2 N	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	0.2 NNE	-	-	0.2 E	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 S	1.3 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	7

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	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu 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
Rating	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy	76	50	50	50	64	64	64	92	123	150	200	200	174	155	178	174	173	169	166	159	154	151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			2:16AM 1.50												2:47PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)									8:26AM 0.09													9:04PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	11	12	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	8	8	8	7	7	10	10	11	12	11	12	13	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	5	5	5	12	12	12	16	16	6	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.2 N	0.2 N	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-