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Blackhead surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 07 Jan 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
16.7° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Blackhead today?

The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 1PM is: 0.6m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (07 Jan)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (07 Jan)1ft (0.3m)12s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.3
SSW
0.5
E
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
NE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)8888117121212121181111111111671615141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2717444323232628272625121111111111652421191716
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
S
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
10
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
25
WNW
35
W
30
W
35
W
30
W
25
WSW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
off		offoffoffoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:17AM
1.63
9:44PM
1.45
10:10AM
1.57
10:38PM
1.42
11:01AM
1.50
11:30PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:02AM
0.02
3:41PM
0.04
3:56AM
0.06
4:34PM
0.06
4:49AM
0.11
5:24PM
0.11
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-5:50-------5:52-------5:52------
Sunset-----8:45-------8:45-------8:45--
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161621232322191614141819191917151518232626221918
Feels °C (?)151419232321181412131717171816141414172121181617
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