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Blackhead surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
17.0° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blackhead today?

The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 3AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)1212121211111111111111771615141313121212111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2628272613121111111111552421191716151413131210
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
15
S
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
25
W
35
W
30
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
30
W
30
W
30
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcrosscross-
on		ononcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:44PM
1.45
10:10AM
1.57
10:38PM
1.42
11:01AM
1.50
11:30PM
1.38
11:52AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:56AM
0.06
4:34PM
0.06
4:49AM
0.11
5:24PM
0.11
5:41AM
0.16
6:13PM
0.15
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---5:52-------5:52-------5:54----
Sunset-------8:45-------8:45-------8:45
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191715141919191916151518222726232019182024282825
Feels °C (?)171513121717171915141413172220191717161618222119
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