Blackhead surf break

Blackhead surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 01 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Blackhead surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Blackhead sea temperature is
17.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Blackhead today?

The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 5AM is: 0.3m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (01 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)13s

Table - waves today at Blackhead. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
ESE
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
S
2.3
S
3
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
Period(s) (?)66610141413131368889991010121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4022163938381019896379726650106016702136253226192371320428162682281625872214
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
WSW
35
SSW
25
SW
20
WSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SSW
35
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:02AM
1.53
4:29PM
1.41
4:59AM
1.53
5:25PM
1.41
5:54AM
1.53
6:19PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:43PM
0.12
10:22AM
0.13
10:40PM
0.11
11:19AM
0.12
11:36PM
0.10
12:14PM
0.12
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise---6:54-------6:54-------6:56----
Sunset-------7:55-------7:54-------7:52
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------2232112221111--
Temp. °C1412121117222218141110912131211111010911141414
Feels °C (?)11101091519181411444443333335768
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