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Blackhead surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 17 Mar 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 1.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blackhead today?

The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 8AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Afternoon (17 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Evening (17 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
NE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)1615151413131312121211111111101051011111111117
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7215815894854514373503132501861671231219056514950656261585882
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
10
E
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NE
15
NE
5
NNE
10
N
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglassononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrossoffcross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:37AM
1.36
5:00PM
1.28
5:26AM
1.40
5:50PM
1.32
6:15AM
1.43
6:40PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:19PM
0.27
10:56AM
0.26
11:09PM
0.23
11:44AM
0.21
12:00AM
0.18
12:33PM
0.16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise----7:11-------7:11-------7:13---
Sunset-------7:30-------7:29-------7:28
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C161414131618181716151514172121191715151618191818
Feels °C (?)151313121616161615151413172019191614141618181617
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