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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	Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	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	Whites Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay 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	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Oaro Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Robin Hood Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	3	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 S	1.6 SSE	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	1.5 NNE	1.0 ENE	1.6 NE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.6 ENE
Period(s)	14	14	16	15	14	12	12	11	10	10	10	6	7	7	10	10	10	10	11	10	7	9
Energy	1756	1548	3462	1697	1419	774	571	381	341	182	126	228	190	252	511	504	540	535	700	260	84	110
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:15PM 1.58		3:02AM 1.37	3:29PM 1.45		3:48AM 1.35	4:13PM 1.46		4:33AM 1.34	4:57PM 1.48		5:18AM 1.34	5:42PM 1.49		5:54AM 1.79		6:15PM 1.88	6:36AM 1.76		8:35PM 1.54	7:33AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)			9:12PM 0.26	9:13AM 0.25		9:46PM 0.29	9:57AM 0.27		10:32PM 0.29	10:41AM 0.28		11:18PM 0.30	11:25AM 0.29		12:01AM 0.31	11:59AM 0.68		12:32AM 0.69		12:40PM 0.67	2:52AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	mod. rain	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	1	1	-
High °C	13	13	11	14	14	12	15	16	14	18	19	18	19	18	17	18	17	14	13	12	11	13
Low °C	12	10	10	12	12	11	12	15	13	14	17	17	18	17	16	17	15	13	12	11	9	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	13	13	10	15	16	14	18	19	18	19	18	17	18	17	14	12	11	10	13
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46
Sunset	-	5:05	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 S	1.6 SSE	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 NE	0.7 S	0.4 S	1.0 ENE	0.2 S	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	16	15	14	12	12	11	10	6	10	10	7	15	10	10	10	10	7	7	7	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.5 NE	0.1 E	0.6 NNE	0.8 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.2 S	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	12	18	11	10	10	10	4	9	6	10	10	14	9	9	14	13	12	11	11	10	12	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	0.7 NE	1.3 NNE	2.0 N	1.2 NNE	1.5 NNE	1.1 NNE	1.6 NE	2.4 NE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	0.4 NNW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	5	6	6	7	6	6	7	6	3	3	4	7	-	5	-

	Thursday 28							Friday 29								Saturday 30
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whites Bay 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	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay 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
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.3 S	1.6 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy	1553	1556	1756	2211	1548	3681	3702	3462	2342	2077	1697	1480	1419	1149	964	774	743	633	571	446	381	594
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	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 1.40									3:02AM 1.37				3:29PM 1.45				3:48AM 1.35				4:13PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			8:29AM 0.22				8:58PM 0.27	9:12PM 0.26				9:13AM 0.25				9:46PM 0.29				9:57AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	12	13	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	11	10	9	11	12	12	15	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.3 S	1.6 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.0 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 NE	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.8 NE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	18	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	4	9	9	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 NNE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	1.6 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	2	3	4	4	4	5	6

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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	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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Ward Beach Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whites Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whites Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whites Bay 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
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	16	16	16	16
Energy	1622	1622	1553	1553	1556	1556	1732	1732	1756	1947	2152	2211	2275	1669	1548	1676	3503	3681	3517	3651	3702	3611
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			2:16AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)									8:29AM 0.22												8:58PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	12	10	11	11	11	11	11
Chill °C (?)	14	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	13	12	11	10	11	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15	16	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-