Blackhead surf break

Blackhead surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 05 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
17.2° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blackhead today?

The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 5AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.6m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (05 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (05 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
2
0
1
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
1.4
ESE
2.3
ESE
2.1
ESE
2
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)101012121111111110101010101099999999910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)833709531142211269617327455844463653182952422321851811491199492717081
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:37AM
1.49
8:02PM
1.41
8:26AM
1.46
8:50PM
1.41
9:13AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:24AM
0.11
1:57PM
0.12
2:16AM
0.13
2:45PM
0.13
3:05AM
0.15
3:31PM
0.16
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise---6:58-------6:58--------7:00---
Sunset-------7:50-------7:49-------7:46
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131211101318181715141312162022191716161518212018
Feels °C (?)1211981116151514131210141921191614131317191716
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