Blackhead surf break

Blackhead surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 29 Mar 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
16.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Blackhead today?

The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 7AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (29 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212121111111111111716161616151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6456347187187187937806036715735634553873732652712903593853662591812401576
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
15
W
20
W
15
W
15
WSW
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
W
20
WSW
35
S
25
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffglassglassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:49AM
1.51
3:18PM
1.38
3:46AM
1.48
4:14PM
1.37
4:40AM
1.46
5:08PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:31PM
0.13
9:10AM
0.14
9:28PM
0.15
10:06AM
0.15
10:24PM
0.16
11:00AM
0.15
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise----7:24-------7:24-------7:26---
Sunset-------7:10-------7:09-------7:07
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------3---------31-
Temp. °C181716151721211919191815152122191716151416131213
Feels °C (?)181615151721191819181716151920171616141112768
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