Blackhead 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 40.32° S 176.67° E

Issued: 11 pm 12 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Blackhead sea temperature is

12.8° C

Blackhead surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Blackhead today (13 Jul):

Morning surf: Morning surf (13 Jul, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with SSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (13 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with S swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (13 Jul, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 13s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 2AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm July 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Jul)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Afternoon (13 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	10s
Evening (13 Jul)	2ft (0.6m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 6°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.
		Monday 13								Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	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
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SSW 11	ESE 10	ESE 9	SSW 10	S 10	S 10	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	SSW 12	SSW 12	NE 6	ESE 10	NE 6	ESE 13	ESE 12	E 12	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	ESE 11
Wave Graph
kJ	213	194	150	139	102	94	67	168	121	113	75	47	46	26	32	29	34	50	73	71	66	65	65	40
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide				3:28AM1.47m				4:00PM1.61m				4:27AM1.50m				4:59PM1.66m				5:25AM1.52m				5:57PM1.68m
Low Tide		9:20PM0.10m				9:40AM0.05m				10:20PM0.06m				10:39AM0.01m				11:20PM0.03m				11:38AM-0.01m


	—	—	—	7:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:31	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:06	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	7	7	6	7	8	11	13	11	10	9	9	10	11	15	17	14	13	12	12	12	12	16	17	15
Feels °C	3	4	3	4	4	7	9	9	7	6	5	6	8	12	15	11	10	8	8	9	9	14	15	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	S 13	S 13	S 12	S 12	ESE 9	SSW 12	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	NE 6	ENE 6	NE 6	E 12	E 11	E 11	E 11	ESE 11
kJ	163	132	129	126	90	86	62	168	121	113	75	32	46	26	20	29	33	26	16	71	66	65	65	40
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 10	SSW 10	S 10	S 10	ESE 9	ESE 8	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSW 12	ESE 10	SSW 12	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 12	E 12	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	NE 5	ESE 13
kJ	213	194	150	139	102	94	67	59	41	43	47	47	18	26	32	20	19	50	73	7	10	4	4	18
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 15	SW 16	SW 15	SSW 14	SW 15	NE 12	SSW 13	NE 12	ENE 4	—	E 11	—	ESE 8	ESE 10	SSW 9	E 13	ESE 13	ESE 10	SW 9	S 9	S 21	S 16	SSW 16	ENE 5
kJ	21	64	9	81	55	6	58	6	6	—	3	—	12	18	17	14	34	18	3	2	9	21	25	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	N 2	N 2	NNE 3	NNE 3	NE 3	NE 4	N 3	NE 4	NE 5	NE 6	NNE 6	NW 3	NW 3	WNW 3	—	—	—	NNW 2	—	NW 3	—	—
kJ	—	—	1	1	2	3	4	8	1	13	21	31	40	3	1	4	—	—	—	1	—	6	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Blackhead Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	21	0	0	0	0	2	21	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in The Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef	Ning Nong Point and Reef	Ning Nong Point and Reef	Ning Nong Point and Reef	White Rock - The Spit	White Rock - The Spit	White Rock - The Spit	Tora Point	White Rock - The Spit	White Rock Point	White Rock - The Spit	White Rock Point	Tora Point	Blackhead	Blackhead	Riversdale	Blackhead	Blackhead	Blackhead	Blackhead	Blackhead	Riversdale	Tora Point	White Rock - The Spit
Rating (10 max)	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand	Papatowai Catlins	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Stent Road Taranaki	Fox River West Coast South Island	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Raglan-Indicators Raglan and West Waikato	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Little Wanganui West Coast South Island	Haast Beach West Coast South Island	Blaketown Wedge West Coast South Island	Tauranga Bay West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins	Westport Breakwater West Coast South Island	Waimarie West Coast South Island	Wainui Beach - Whales Gisborne and Mahia	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Papatowai Catlins	Shingles West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Nine Mile West Coast South Island	Fox River West Coast South Island	Papatowai Catlins
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	1	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	4
Header Global	Ilot Sancho Mauritius	Bluff Panama	Bluff Panama	Kaifu Rivermouth Japan	El Gringo Chile	Ilot Sancho Mauritius	Chameau Mauritius	Etang-Sale Reunion	Benkunqut Indonesia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Benkunqut Indonesia	Injidup Carpark Australia	Bancoora Australia	Bancoora Australia	Bullies Australia	Puertecillo Chile	Lebu Chile	Point Roadnight Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Bancoora Australia	Fox River New Zealand	Fox River New Zealand	Fox River New Zealand	Cobden Breakwater New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	8	8	5	9	6	6	6	5

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