Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Blackhead today (17 Oct):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (17 Oct, local time) - 10ft (3.0m), 10s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (17 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 10s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 11PM is: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 1.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Oct) | - | - |
| Afternoon (17 Oct) | 10ft (3.0m) | 10s |
| Evening (17 Oct) | 8ft (2.4m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Blackhead. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Mon morning, min 7°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSW on Sat afternoon, calm by Mon morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Sat 17 | Sunday 18 | Monday 19 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 1864 | 1282 | 1047 | 614 | 800 | 758 | 3119 | 1979 | 1556 | 1247 | 1256 | 1225 | 1225 | 1383 | 1298 | 1298 | 1145 | 1162 | 1298 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | on | cross | cross-off |
High Tide | 11:26PM1.27m | 11:48AM1.36m | 00:12AM1.24m | 12:33PM1.33m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:37AM0.30m | 6:10PM0.29m | 6:21AM0.32m | 6:56PM0.31m | |||||||||||||||
 |  |  | | |  | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:36 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 12 |
Feels °C | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 11 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 13 | SE 9 | SE 9 | SE 9 | S 15 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 |
| kJ | 6 | 410 | 318 | 342 | 218 | 422 | 2281 | 1979 | 1556 | 1247 | 1256 | 1225 | 1225 | 1383 | 1298 | 1298 | 1145 | 1162 | 1298 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NE 12 | NE 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | SE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 | ESE 7 |
| kJ | — | 6 | 5 | 143 | 130 | 27 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 69 | 38 | 43 | 39 | 23 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | NE 12 | S 15 | ESE 12 | NE 12 | NE 12 | NE 11 | NE 11 | E 11 | NE 11 | NE 11 | NE 11 | NE 11 | NE 11 | NE 11 | NE 11 | NE 11 | NE 10 |
| kJ | — | — | 6 | 110 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | 1864 | 1282 | 1047 | 614 | 800 | 758 | 3119 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 256 | 246 | 75 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 61 | 188 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | 59 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in The Wairarapa | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Blackhead surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest