| Named By: | R. E. Fordyce in 1994 |
| Time Period: | Late Oligocene |
| Location: | New Zealand, North Otago - Otekaikae Limestone Formation |
| Size: | Holotype skull about 60 centimetres long. Body length roughly estimated to be about 3.2 meters long for the holotype |
| Diet: | Carnivore |
| Fossil(s): | Skull and lower jaws |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Odontoceti | Waptiidae | |
Waipatia is an extinct genus of whale from the late Oligocene (Chattian) of New Zealand.