Blackhead surf break

Blackhead surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 26 Feb 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
17.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Blackhead today?

The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 4AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.8
S
1
S
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)101010101010101010999995666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)263232183154151120117949459565548108471061341251039177756349
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:08AM
1.52
1:35PM
1.43
2:06AM
1.52
2:33PM
1.42
3:04AM
1.53
3:31PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:28AM
0.13
7:49PM
0.12
8:26AM
0.13
8:45PM
0.12
9:24AM
0.14
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---6:50-------6:50-------6:52----
Sunset-------8:00-------7:59-------7:58
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C141314152023242220191817171616151515151415151515
Feels °C (?)111112141923232219181616151312111212121112121212
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