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Blackhead surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
16.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Blackhead today?
The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 9PM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (01 Apr) | - | - |
| Afternoon (01 Apr) | 6ft (1.9m) | 12s |
| Evening (01 Apr) | 6ft (1.8m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Blackhead. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday 01 | Thursday 02 | Friday 03 | Saturday 04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1136 | 1136 | 1037 | 1077 | 1060 | 980 | 874 | 860 | 846 | 735 | 646 | 778 | 1811 | 1632 | 1463 | 1172 | 875 | 747 | 504 | 409 | 339 | 224 | 163 | 154 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:59PM 1.37 | 6:22AM 1.42 | 6:48PM 1.39 | 7:10AM 1.40 | 7:35PM 1.40 | 7:57AM 1.39 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:11AM 0.17 | 12:40PM 0.16 | 1:02AM 0.18 | 1:27PM 0.17 | 1:51AM 0.19 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 01 | Thursday 02 | Friday 03 | Saturday 04 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:30 | - |
| Sunset | - | 7:06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:02 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 21 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 20 |
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