Blackhead surf break

Blackhead surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 05 Apr 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
16.0° 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 7AM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)6s
Afternoon (05 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (05 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)15s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
S
0.5
SSW
0.9
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.8
ENE
2.1
ENE
2.2
ENE
Period(s) (?)11106661191615101010101010101110101010888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)57343131344569134133135231175316227281325427478500540529404507554
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NW
5
W
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
30
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:21PM
1.41
8:43AM
1.37
9:06PM
1.41
9:29AM
1.34
9:50PM
1.40
10:14AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:39AM
0.20
2:57PM
0.21
3:25AM
0.21
3:41PM
0.24
4:11AM
0.24
4:25PM
0.26
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise----7:31-------7:31-------7:33---
Sunset-------7:00------6:58-------6:57-
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------2
Temp. °C171615141515151516161615161818171616151516171716
Feels °C (?)161514121313131416161514141415141313121313121312
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