Blackhead 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Blackhead today (14 Jun):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (14 Jun, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with SSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (14 Jun, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 10PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm June 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Jun)	-	-
Afternoon (14 Jun)	1.5ft (0.4m)	16s
Evening (14 Jun)	1.5ft (0.5m)	13s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

	Short Range Forecast Light rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Tue morning. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun afternoon, min 8°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Sun 14			Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed 17
	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	9 PM	12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	S 14	S 13	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	SSW 10	SSW 16	SSW 7	S 7	S 7	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSW 9	S 15	S 14	S 14
Wave Graph
kJ	90	96	84	115	111	147	134	125	121	116	83	79	194	94	232	111	85	75	50	54	118	118	153	423
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	SSW	S	SSW	SW	SW	SW	NW	NNW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off	cross-off	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	off
High Tide		4:21PM1.60m				4:47AM1.51m				5:18PM1.66m				5:45AM1.54m					6:16PM1.70m				6:43AM1.55m
Low Tide				10:39PM0.06m				10:59AM0.01m				11:39PM0.02m				11:58AM-0.02m					00:39AM-0.01m


	—	—	—	—	—	7:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:35	—	—
	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52	—	—	—	—	—	—	4:52
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	16	14	14	13	13	13	16	17	15	14	13	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	11	13
Feels °C	14	13	11	10	9	9	9	11	13	12	10	10	7	7	7	7	8	8	6	5	4	3	4	7
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 9	SSE 9	S 9	SSW 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	S 12	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	S 11	SSW 17	SSW 16	S 7	S 7	SSW 12	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSW 9	SSW 9	SSW 11	S 14
kJ	90	86	39	115	111	147	134	125	121	116	83	79	95	94	161	111	56	75	50	54	118	118	117	423
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 16	S 14	S 13	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 10	SE 13	SE 12	SE 12	SE 12	SSW 18	SE 11	S 10	SSW 14	SW 13	SSE 10	SSW 12	SSW 10	SSW 10	S 15	S 15	S 14	ESE 12
kJ	80	96	84	37	24	24	15	42	23	23	22	61	19	18	71	44	11	46	37	21	70	109	153	14
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 13	—	SE 11	SSE 9	S 16	SE 13	SE 13	NE 4	E 15	SSW 15	SSW 15	SE 12	E 14	SSE 11	SE 11	SSE 11	E 13	SE 10	SE 10	S 15	ESE 12	ESE 12	ESE 12	E 10
kJ	26	—	41	26	44	27	27	1	5	21	21	21	4	11	5	11	14	4	4	18	15	15	14	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WNW 2	—	—	—	NNW 2	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	NW 3	WNW 3	WNW 2	NW 3	SSW 10	SSW 6	SSW 7	—	S 7	—	—	—	NW 2	NNW 3	NW 3	WNW 3
kJ	1	—	—	—	1	3	4	3	2	1	1	2	194	121	232	—	85	—	—	—	1	3	8	10
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Waimarama Hawkes Bay	Ocean Beach Hawkes Bay	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Red Island Hawkes Bay	Red Island Hawkes Bay	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2
Distance (km)	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	61	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	59	59	0
Best forecast wave conditions in The Wairarapa	Tora-Stix	Tora Point	Riversdale	Riversdale	Riversdale	Whareama	Pourere Beach	Pourere Beach	Riversdale	Riversdale	Whareama	Blackhead			Blackhead	Blackhead	Ning Nong Point and Reef	Ning Nong Point and Reef	White Rock - The Spit	Tora Point	Uruti Point			Tora-Stix
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			2	1	2	2	1	2	2			2
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Otago Peninsula - Papanui Beach Otago	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Diners Beach Gisborne and Mahia	Wainui Reef Wanganui-Manawatu	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Papatowai Catlins	Waiwakaiho Taranaki	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Shingles West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Mangamaunu Kaikoura and Marlborough	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	3	9	9	2	2	2	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	2	2	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	5	5	9	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4

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