Te Ākau / Black Beach

Marlborough, New Zealand / Aotearoa

Right now

Conditions at 11:00 AM New Zealand Standard Time.

Poor

Ankle-high (0.6 m) at 5 s, heading toward ESE, with strong offshore wind toward ENE.

Swell

0.6 m

ESE

5 s

Wind

27 km/h

ENE

Offshore

Tide

1.3 m

Rising

Weather

13 °C

Clear

13 °C water

7-day forecast

Wave height and the best conditions expected each day.

Hourly forecast

Sunday, September 20, 2026

TimeRatingSwellSwell directionWindWind directionTideWeather

12 AM

Poor

0.3 m · 7 s

SSE

42 km/h · 108 km/h gusts

ESE

Offshore

1.8 m

Partly cloudy · 13 °C

1 AM

Poor

0.5 m · 7 s

SSE

39 km/h · 91 km/h gusts

ESE

Offshore

2 m

Partly cloudy · 13 °C

2 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 6 s

SE

36 km/h · 86 km/h gusts

ESE

Offshore

2.1 m

Mostly clear · 13 °C

3 AM

Poor

0.9 m · 6 s

SE

34 km/h · 80 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

2 m

Overcast · 12 °C

4 AM

Poor

0.9 m · 6 s

SE

35 km/h · 85 km/h gusts

E

Offshore

1.8 m

Light drizzle · 12 °C

5 AM

Poor

0.9 m · 6 s

SE

39 km/h · 89 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.6 m

Light drizzle · 11 °C

6 AM

Poor

0.9 m · 6 s

SE

38 km/h · 87 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.4 m

Clear · 10 °C

7 AM

Poor

0.8 m · 6 s

SE

32 km/h · 86 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1.2 m

Clear · 10 °C

8 AM

Poor

0.7 m · 6 s

SE

27 km/h · 72 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 11 °C

9 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 6 s

SE

28 km/h · 67 km/h gusts

NE

Offshore

1 m

Clear · 12 °C

10 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 5 s

ESE

30 km/h · 70 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.1 m

Clear · 13 °C

11 AM

Poor

0.6 m · 5 s

ESE

27 km/h · 70 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.3 m

Clear · 13 °C

12 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

ESE

24 km/h · 62 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.5 m

Clear · 14 °C

1 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

ESE

21 km/h · 58 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.7 m

Light drizzle · 14 °C

2 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

ESE

23 km/h · 55 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

1.9 m

Mostly clear · 15 °C

3 PM

Fair

0.5 m · 5 s

ESE

17 km/h · 57 km/h gusts

ENE

Offshore

2 m

Overcast · 15 °C

4 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 5 s

ESE

18 km/h · 45 km/h gusts

WNW

Onshore

1.9 m

Mostly clear · 13 °C

5 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 5 s

ESE

20 km/h · 52 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

1.7 m

Clear · 12 °C

6 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 5 s

ESE

15 km/h · 44 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

1.5 m

Clear · 11 °C

7 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 6 s

ESE

12 km/h · 32 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

1.3 m

Clear · 11 °C

8 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 6 s

ESE

13 km/h · 27 km/h gusts

WSW

Onshore

1.1 m

Clear · 10 °C

9 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 6 s

ESE

12 km/h · 27 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

1 m

Clear · 10 °C

10 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 6 s

ESE

9 km/h · 22 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

1 m

Clear · 9 °C

11 PM

Poor

0.5 m · 5 s

ESE

8 km/h · 17 km/h gusts

W

Onshore

1.1 m

Clear · 9 °C

Nearby spots

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