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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	Wed		Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whites Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	4	3	3	2	2	3	7	7	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.8 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	1.8 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 S
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	8	9	11	8	9	9	9	9	20	16	16	14	13	13
Energy	151	163	136	54	86	50	458	53	93	138	112	1806	822	508	287	258	506	6144	6968	4204	2439	1724
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:12PM 1.47	7:33AM 1.31		7:33PM 1.82	8:18AM 1.28		8:40PM 1.43	9:02AM 1.27		9:23PM 1.41	9:35AM 1.70		10:19PM 1.33	10:30AM 1.27		10:41PM 1.79	11:17AM 1.31		11:37PM 1.41		12:06PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		1:35AM 0.30		1:40PM 0.30	1:56AM 0.65		2:02PM 0.64		3:02AM 0.31	3:14PM 0.30		3:24AM 0.61	5:12PM 0.49		4:26AM 0.29	4:35PM 0.30		5:09AM 0.27	5:29PM 0.27		5:53AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	17	18	15	18	17	15	15	13	11	11	12	10	16	16	12	13	12	10	14	14
Low °C	12	12	15	16	14	16	16	14	14	12	7	8	10	9	12	14	10	10	10	10	11	12
Chill °C (?)	11	11	17	18	14	18	17	15	14	11	9	10	11	9	16	16	11	12	11	10	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:59	-	-	5:00	-	-	4:59	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.8 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.4 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 S	2.2 S	0.2 NNW	1.8 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.6 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 S
Period (s)	9	9	9	7	8	8	7	7	8	9	5	8	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 S	0.2 NNE	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	-	1.5 S	1.1 S	0.4 S	-
Period (s)	5	12	10	9	9	6	13	12	11	12	10	9	16	15	17	16	20	-	20	19	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 NE	0.8 NNE	1.8 NNE	-	-	1.8 NNE	-	-	0.2 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	-	-	0.1 NE	0.9 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	6	6	-	-	7	-	-	2	-	8	9	-	-	5	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	0.5 E	1.3 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period(s)	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	6	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	6	7	7	8
Energy	151	157	134	163	151	144	136	73	54	52	65	86	75	60	50	470	458	31	162	53	56	66
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			7:12PM 1.47				7:33AM 1.31				7:56PM 1.45				8:18AM 1.28				8:40PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)					1:35AM 0.30				1:40PM 0.30				1:56AM 0.65				2:02PM 0.64					3:02AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	17	18	16	15	14	14	14	16	17	17	16	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	12	11	15	17	18	16	14	13	13	13	16	17	17	16	15	13	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:59	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 E	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.1 NE	1.4 NE	0.6 NNE	0.5 NNE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	6	7	6	6	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 NNE	0.3 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	12	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	6	8	13	7	7	12	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.8 NNE	1.8 N	1.8 NNE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	1.9 NNE	1.8 NNE	-	1.3 NNE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	2	3	4	4	6	6	6	2	3	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	6	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kekerengu 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	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Waipapa Bay Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blue Duck Stream 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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE
Period(s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy	172	149	151	153	155	157	151	136	134	134	159	163	373	155	151	151	145	144	128	124	136	204
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)								7:12PM 1.47												7:33AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)														1:35AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	15	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 E	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	12	12	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 NE	1.1 ENE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.6 N	0.7 N	0.8 NNE	0.9 NNE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	2	2	3	10	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6