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Blackhead surf Forecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 29 Mar 2024 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 17.3°C (Statistics for 29 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 17.5 °C max: 19.0 °C min: 16.1 °C)
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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 17.3°C (Statistics for 29 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 17.5 °C max: 19.0 °C min: 16.1 °C)


How big are the waves at Blackhead today?

The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 7AM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (29 Mar)8ft (2.4m)11s
Evening (29 Mar)11ft (3.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
5
S
4
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.4
S
1.9
ESE
2.4
ESE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.3
SE
2
SE
1.6
ESE
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
S
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)88811119101212111110117771010101099816161817171616151414131313121212111111121211111110101111111112111111171615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)327305270131112211313276158026061369622411300136750748356971111451441118582659433133355440890884764461245636133624922521215214713488858319018120224023517417418815215712312912312189168201172
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
WSW
35
SW
35
SSW
40
S
35
S
30
S
35
S
35
S
35
S
35
SSW
35
S
30
SSW
30
S
30
SSW
30
SSW
20
S
15
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
W
10
ESE
15
E
15
NE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
NE
10
NNE
10
N
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
20
W
20
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
1.31
9:42PM
1.34
10:03AM
1.30
10:24PM
1.35
10:46AM
1.29
11:06PM
1.36
11:29AM
1.29
11:52PM
1.38
12:16PM
1.30
12:41AM
1.41
1:06PM
1.31
1:33AM
1.44
2:00PM
1.34
2:29AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:17AM
0.26
3:36PM
0.27
4:01AM
0.27
4:17PM
0.28
4:44AM
0.27
4:58PM
0.29
5:28AM
0.27
5:41PM
0.28
6:14AM
0.26
6:27PM
0.25
7:03AM
0.24
7:17PM
0.22
7:55AM
0.20
8:10PM
0.17
8:50AM
0.15
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Sunrise--7:24-------7:26-------7:26-------7:28-------7:28-------7:30-------7:31-------7:31-
Sunset-----7:09-------7:07-------7:06-------7:05-------7:02-------7:01-------7:00------
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Rain (mm)
23221--12111-----------------------------------------211----
Temp. °C111110101313101112131415151414131414141515141211101013161614131211111316171615151514162021181716151618212115141312111213
Feels °C (?)98567744457877767789999988121413121210991214151414141513151819171513121315181812986678

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