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Kaikoura Coast · New Zealand

Thursday, Sep 24

Where to surf

Mangamaunu9:00 AM–11:00 AM GMT+12

Looks good · Low confidence

4.2–4.2 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: 4.6 kt · onshore

Why this spot?
  • Light wind should keep the water smoother.

Kaikoura Coast spots

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Kaikoura Coast

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Kaikoura Coast surf forecast
SpotBreaking surfOutlookBest windowWindTideHourly timeline
MangamaunuS offshore model swell · 4.0 ft @ 7s
UnavailableLooks goodLow confidence9:00 AM–11:00 AMNNW 2.6 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailable

Kaikoura Coast

1 spots

Mangamaunu

Unavailable

Offshore swell: S 4.0 ft @ 7s

Looks goodLow confidenceWhen to go9:00 AM–11:00 AM
WindNNW 2.6 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable5.4Unavailable
UUnavailable5.3Unavailable
UUnavailable5.3Unavailable
UUnavailable5.2Unavailable
UUnavailable5.1Unavailable
UUnavailable4.8Unavailable
UUnavailable3.7Unavailable
UUnavailable2.9Unavailable
UUnavailable2.6Unavailable
UUnavailable0.9Unavailable
UUnavailable2.6Unavailable
UUnavailable4.6Unavailable
UUnavailable5.7Unavailable
UUnavailable6.3Unavailable
UUnavailable6.3Unavailable
UUnavailable6.1Unavailable
UUnavailable5.4Unavailable
UUnavailable4.1Unavailable
UUnavailable1.5Unavailable
UUnavailable2Unavailable
UUnavailable2Unavailable
UUnavailable2.3Unavailable
UUnavailable3Unavailable
UUnavailable3.2Unavailable
Open hourly forecast

Seven-day outlook

DaySurfBest periodWhereWind
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 5.5–12 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 1–6.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 0–4.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 0.5–3 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 1.5–10 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 1.5–7.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 1.5–8 kt varying direction
Forecast sources 2/6 current

Coastal waves, offshore swell, and surf height describe different conditions. Source availability does not measure forecast accuracy.

Report or official forecast

MetService New Zealand Surf Forecasts

The checked MetService public marine/surf response exposes an HTML application shell but no stable named-spot payload, timestamp schema, units, or update contract; no forecast is scraped.
UnavailableNo source time

Wave observation

New Zealand Regional Wave Buoy Pages

South Island Waves identifies a Kaikoura buoy, but its checked public list and buoy-data response were empty. The Banks Peninsula buoy is 150+ km south and is not substituted for Mangamaunu.
UnavailableNo source time

Tide prediction

NIWA Tide Forecasting API

NIWA tide requests require an API key; no credential bypass is attempted and no station, datum, timezone, or current value is available.
UnavailableNo source time

Tide prediction

LINZ Tide Predictions and Sea-Level Data

LINZ is retained as an official tide-table reference, but no spot-specific station, distance, chart datum, timezone, and current response is connected.
UnavailableNo source time

Forecast model

Open-Meteo Marine API

1 of 1 configured model points available
Current