Blackhead surf break

Blackhead surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 01 Apr 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
16.4° 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 12PM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s
Afternoon (01 Apr)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (01 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
2
3
4
4
4
4
2
1
0
0
3
4
4
4
3
2
0
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.1
SSE
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)141313121313131313121212121212161615141313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2473178314011218113611361037107710609808748608467356466611764161012791155875737504409
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
0
SE
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
10
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32AM
1.44
5:59PM
1.37
6:22AM
1.42
6:48PM
1.39
7:10AM
1.40
7:35PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:51AM
0.16
12:11AM
0.17
12:40PM
0.16
1:02AM
0.18
1:27PM
0.17
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sat
04
Sunrise--7:26-------7:28-------7:28-----
Sunset-----7:06-------7:05-------7:02--
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C121112141413121111101115151413131213141919181616
Feels °C (?)1091011111111998912111110111011121615151415
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

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 locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest