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

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	Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Sat
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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	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Houghton Bay Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington	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	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Airport Rights Wellington	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	3	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.6 NE	1.2 ENE	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	7	8	14	11	11	10	9	9	9	16	16	16	15	15	5	8	6	8	7
Energy(?)	784	509	240	431	334	1581	663	610	301	158	116	42	53	50	84	42	21	138	217	241	623	103
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	on	glass	cross- off	glass	cross	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:26AM		9:55PM	10:24AM		10:51PM	11:19AM		11:31PM	9:26AM	12:13PM	12:36AM		1:07PM	1:24AM		1:55PM	2:13AM		1:04PM 4:59PM	1:01AM
Low Tide / height (m)		3:36PM		4:19AM 3:22AM	4:33PM		5:13AM	5:27PM		6:05AM		6:20PM	7:00AM		7:10PM	7:35AM 3:48PM		8:05PM	6:26AM		7:35PM	6:34AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	11	11	10	14	11	10	16	16	16	16	16	15	18	18	18	13	12	12	13
Low °C	13	12	11	11	11	8	11	11	9	14	16	13	14	14	13	15	18	15	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	9	9	8	14	10	8	16	16	16	16	16	15	18	18	18	11	12	11	13
Sunrise	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	5:27	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.1 SE	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.2 S	1.2 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	10	9	14	15	14	11	11	10	9	9	9	8	16	16	7	7	15	8	10	16	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 ESE	0.6 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 SSW	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.2 E	0.8 NNE	0.4 SSW	0.2 NNW	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	15	9	9	10	10	10	11	5	6	7	16	8	7	15	5	11	7	17	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	-	1.2 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	1.0 NNE	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	1.4 NNE	1.6 NE	0.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.2 NNE
Period (s)	8	-	9	7	8	-	-	-	2	5	-	-	-	4	-	-	7	5	2	6	8	2

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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	Kahutara Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Meatworks Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Clarence River Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Houghton Bay Wellington	Propellers Wellington	Airport Rights Wellington
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	2	2	4	2	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	14	10	7	14	8	8	14	14	13	12
Energy(?)	2045	1403	784	650	509	408	320	240	1715	710	431	1590	334	381	1041	1581	1196	1036
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- 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
High Tide / height (m)				9:26AM 1.52				9:55PM 1.68				10:24AM 1.48				10:54PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)		3:22AM 0.06				3:36PM 0.08				4:19AM 0.10				4:38PM 0.12				5:19AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	10	11	13	14	14	12	13	13	13	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	8
Chill °C (?)	8	10	13	14	14	11	12	12	11	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	8	7
Sunrise	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	2.5 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.6 S	0.7 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	14	14	8	15	8	14	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.6 ESE	0.7 S	0.6 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	15	9	9	9	14	9	8	8	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.6 S	1.7 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	8	8	-	-	-	-	9	14	10	7	14	8	8	-	-	-	-