Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Blackhead today (25 Jun):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (25 Jun, local time) - 7.5ft (2.3m), 9s period with ENE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Jun, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 10s period with ENE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Jun, local time) - 13ft (4.0m), 9s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 7AM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm June 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (25 Jun) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (25 Jun) | 6ft (1.9m) | 10s |
| Evening (25 Jun) | 13ft (4.0m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Blackhead. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 29mm), heaviest during Fri morning. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed night, min 9°C on Thu night). Mainly strong winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 780 | 1018 | 1244 | 1037 | 846 | 833 | 683 | 2023 | 2566 | 3054 | 3940 | 5183 | 2828 | 2092 | 2360 | 2033 | 1639 | 1646 | 1729 | 1377 | 1245 | 1075 | 1122 | 840 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross | cross |
High Tide | 1:33AM1.34m | 2:04PM1.33m | 2:22AM1.30m | 2:51PM1.33m | 3:10AM1.28m | 3:37PM1.34m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:25PM0.25m | 7:48AM0.22m | 8:15PM0.28m | 8:34AM0.25m | 9:04PM0.30m | 9:20AM0.28m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | |  | | |
 | — | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4:54 | — |
mm | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Temp °C | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
Feels °C | 7 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | ENE 9 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 11 | ENE 10 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 11 | E 10 | E 11 | E 10 | E 10 |
| kJ | 181 | 187 | 145 | 113 | 846 | 833 | 683 | 495 | 446 | 339 | 540 | 502 | 2828 | 2092 | 2360 | 2033 | 1639 | 1646 | 1729 | 1377 | 1245 | 1075 | 1122 | 840 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | SSW 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | E 10 | E 10 | S 11 | S 10 | SSW 10 | — | S 18 | S 9 | S 18 | S 18 |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 105 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 551 | 772 | 896 | 1207 | 1466 | 1060 | 739 | — | 56 | 386 | 515 | 751 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ESE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | SSW 18 | S 18 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 108 | 238 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 9 | — | SSW 5 | SSW 7 | S 9 | S 9 | S 10 | S 10 | SSW 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 10 | S 9 | SE 6 | S 8 | S 7 |
| kJ | 780 | 1018 | 1244 | 1037 | — | 84 | 653 | 2023 | 2566 | 3054 | 3940 | 5183 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 745 | 593 | 43 | 373 | 422 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 176 | 140 | 163 | 2 | 59 | 123 | 256 | 95 | 266 | 266 | 266 | 262 | 262 | 0 | 75 | 75 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 75 | 0 | 95 | 258 |
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