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Ward Beach

Marlborough District, Marlborough, New Zealand

Ward Beach 5 photos

  • Large boulder at Ward Beach

    Large boulder at Ward Beach. Birdbabe, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Collection of boulders at Ward Beach

    Collection of boulders at Ward Beach. Birdbabe, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Ward Beach boulder

    Ward Beach boulder. Marshelec, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

  • Ward Beach, Marlborough, New Zealand

    Ward Beach, Marlborough, New Zealand. Steve Attwood, CC BY-SA 2.0. Source

  • Chancet Rocks north of Ward Beach 03

    Chancet Rocks north of Ward Beach 03. Marshelec, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source

Today at a glance

Calmest: 7 pm to sunset, sunset 7:54 pm
7 am
6.8
12 km/h7 mph wind, Good
8 am
6.8
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
9 am
6.8
4 km/h3 mph wind, Good
10 am
6.9
6 km/h3 mph wind, Good
11 am
6.8
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
12 pm
6.7
15 km/h9 mph wind, Good
1 pm
6.5
18 km/h11 mph wind, Good
2 pm
6.6
19 km/h12 mph wind, Good
3 pm
6.8
21 km/h13 mph wind, Good
4 pm
6.3
25 km/h16 mph wind, Good
5 pm
6.3
25 km/h16 mph wind, Good
6 pm
6.4
24 km/h15 mph wind, Good
Now
6.6
23 km/h14 mph wind, Good

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
20°C67°F
Water
13°C55°F
Wind
2314 km/hmph N
Gusts
4226 km/hmph
Waves
0.9 m3 ft
UV
1 low
Tide
falling
Rain
0%
Sunset
7:54 pm
Today
6.8Good7 am127
6.8Good8 am106
6.8Good9 am43
6.9Good10 am63
6.8Good11 am117
6.7Good12 pm159
6.5Good1 pm1811
6.6Good2 pm1912
6.8Good3 pm2113
6.3Good4 pm2516
6.3Good5 pm2516
6.4Good6 pm2415
6.6GoodNow2314
Sat
5.1Fair7 am2314
5.4Fair8 am2113
6.0Good9 am2012
6.5Good10 am2012
6.7Good11 am2214
6.9Good12 pm2415
6.5Good1 pm2616
6.5Good2 pm2616
6.9Good3 pm2113
7.6Great4 pm127
8.0Great5 pm64
8.1Great6 pm74
7.8Great7 pm96
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide falling now. Low at 9 pm, -0.5 m. High at 3 am, 0.6 m. Low at 9 am, -0.5 m. High at 4 pm, 0.7 mLow 9 pm, -0.5 m2 ftHigh 3 am, 0.6 m2 ftLow 9 am, -0.5 m2 ftHigh 4 pm, 0.7 m2 ftNow1 am7 am1 pm7 pm
  • Low 9 pm, -0.5 m2 ft
  • High 3 am, 0.6 m2 ft
  • Low 9 am, -0.5 m2 ft
  • High 4 pm, 0.7 m2 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun7.9 GreatBest 10 am to 2 pmWind up to 30 km/h19 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon6.1 GoodBest 11 am to 4 pmWind up to 39 km/h24 mph, rain 0%
  • Tue4.3 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 40 km/h25 mph, rain 87%
  • Wed7.2 GreatBest 7 am to 8 pmWind up to 25 km/h15 mph, rain 4%
  • Thu6.8 GoodBest 12 pm to 9 pmWind up to 27 km/h17 mph, rain 8%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

About Ward Beach

Ward Beach is a beach in New Zealand's Marlborough region. It is 45 kilometers from Woodbourne Airport and 114 meters from the nearest toilets. The nearest village, Ward, is 4.3 kilometers away.

From Wikipedia

Ward Beach is a section of rugged coastline in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand that is known for unusual rock formations. The geological features include the exposed reef platforms that were uplifted by 2 m or more during the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, and the spherical concretions known as the Ward Beach boulders. Another formation known as the Chancet Rocks is located in a scientific reserve about 1.5 km to the north of the Ward Beach roadend. They contain unusual trace fossils and provide amongst the best on-land evidence of the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary in marine sediments in the Southern Hemisphere.

Source: Ward Beach on Wikipedia (authors). Text available under CC BY-SA 4.0; text may have been shortened. Retrieved Oct 19, 2026. Data sources

Facilities

  • Restrooms110 m370 ft away

Getting there

Nearest town
4.3 km2.7 miWard (village)
Nearest airport
45 km28 miWoodbourne Airport (BHE)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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