Kaikoura and Marlborough Surf

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

	Sun		Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sun
	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Houghton Bay Wellington	Kahutara 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	Whale Watch Reef Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	1.6 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.9 NNE	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	9	11	12	11	10	14	14	13	5	12	12	10	9	14	12	13	13	7	12	10	6	7
Energy(?)	1644	1354	1806	1075	685	491	365	246	91	191	199	191	183	354	182	207	141	92	82	87	89	153
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	on	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															3:51AM 2.02
Low Tide / height (m)														9:45PM 0.45	10:06AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	-	-	3	23
High °C	17	18	19	19	16	16	17	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	18	19	16	18	19	15	14	13
Low °C	17	16	18	18	14	15	16	13	14	15	14	15	16	15	16	17	16	16	16	13	14	12
Chill °C (?)	17	18	19	19	16	16	17	15	15	16	16	17	17	16	18	19	16	18	19	15	13	10
Sunrise	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:54	-
Sunset	5:58	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.1 E	1.6 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.5 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 ESE	0.9 NNE	0.3 S	0.5 ENE	0.5 NW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	11	12	11	10	9	9	13	5	12	12	10	9	14	12	10	13	7	11	8	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.4 NW	0.3 S	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 S	0.4 NE	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	14	-	5	6	15	14	14	8	6	5	12	11	11	10	14	13	8	9	12	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 NE	1.1 N	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.8 N	-	0.9 NNE	0.8 NNE	-	0.6 NNE	-	0.9 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	9	3	-	-	2	-	-	2	5	3	5	4	4	6	-	6	6	-	6	-	6	7

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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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara 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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1644	818	1184	1354	1851	2020	1806	1305	1075	765	668	589	546	547	546	470	365	352	340	246	248	264
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)															7:44AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	17	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	18	18	18	16	18	19	19	18	17	16	16	14	16	17	17	16	15	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	18	18	16	18	19	19	18	17	16	15	13	16	17	17	16	15	14	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	2.2 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.1 E	1.8 E	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	9	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.4 NE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 S
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	4	5	5	6	6	8	6	15	14	14	14	14	14	8	5	8	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	1.6 NNE	1.7 N	0.7 N	0.4 NW	0.2 WSW	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	-	3	3	5	-	-	-	-	8	6	6	3	5	3	-	-	-	-	2	4	4

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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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Kahutara 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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	482	1564	1644	1720	1811	818	952	1026	1184	1231	1304	1354	1521	1730	1793	1917	1986	2020	1984	1819	1806	1643
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	5	7	5	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	15	16	16	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	15	16	16	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.4 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	9	9	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-