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Blackhead surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 21 Nov 2025 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
15.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Blackhead today?

The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 8AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (21 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (21 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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

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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)101010999999999999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3713392842362121761761451411381351151018181817791798486686868
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
10
NW
5
N
10
NE
0
ENE
5
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
20
W
15
SW
20
S
20
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
NW
5
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NNE
10
NNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		crosscross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscrosscrossglassglassglassglassglassononcross-
on		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:55AM
1.38
7:16PM
1.30
7:38AM
1.40
8:00PM
1.29
8:22AM
1.40
8:44PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:14PM
0.27
1:26AM
0.27
1:59PM
0.27
2:10AM
0.27
2:44PM
0.27
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
Sunrise-5:43-------5:41-------5:41------
Sunset-----8:15-------8:15-------8:16--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151521232321181514151918151413121111161818171513
Feels °C (?)141421222321161211111615121213111010161616151412
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