Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Blackhead today (23 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (23 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 12s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (23 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 12s period with SSW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (23 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSW swell.
The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 4PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (23 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 12s |
| Evening (23 Jul) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Blackhead. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri afternoon, min 5°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NW on Thu night, fresh winds from the WSW by Sat afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
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 | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | E 12 | SE 17 | SSW 6 | SSW 8 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 85 | 55 | 53 | 47 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 44 | 89 | 85 | 83 | 81 | 74 | 101 | 147 | 309 | 667 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 12:41PM1.35m | 1:01AM1.30m | 1:29PM1.33m | 1:49AM1.27m | 2:16PM1.33m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:27AM0.21m | 6:54PM0.27m | 7:13AM0.26m | 7:43PM0.30m | 7:59AM0.29m | 8:30PM0.32m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | |  |  | | |  |  | | | | | | | | | |  |  | | |
 | 7:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:14 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | — |
Temp °C | 7 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
Feels °C | 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | -2 | -1 | 1 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 10 | S 10 | NE 5 | NE 5 | ENE 5 | ENE 5 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | NE 6 | NE 6 | ENE 7 | ENE 8 | NE 8 | E 12 | E 11 | E 11 |
| kJ | 85 | 55 | 53 | 47 | 31 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 85 | 83 | 81 | 74 | 57 | 132 | 123 | 116 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | NE 4 | NE 4 | S 10 | S 10 | S 9 | S 9 | ESE 12 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 12 | E 10 | E 12 | NE 8 | ESE 16 | ESE 16 |
| kJ | 42 | 40 | 39 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 26 | 46 | 101 | 31 | 179 | 171 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | SSE 10 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 9 | ESE 10 | ESE 12 | SW 9 | SE 14 | SE 13 | S 8 | SE 13 | SE 13 | ESE 13 | SE 13 | SE 17 | NE 8 | SSW 16 |
| kJ | 25 | 23 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 26 | 147 | 10 | 26 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NNE 3 | NE 3 | NE 4 | NNE 4 | — | NW 2 | NW 3 | NNW 2 | — | NE 5 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NNE 6 | NW 3 | NW 3 | — | — | SSW 4 | SSW 6 | SSW 8 |
| kJ | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 17 | 44 | 89 | 209 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 49 | 309 | 667 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 104 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 169 | 149 | 169 | 169 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 208 | 95 | 95 |
Best forecast wave conditions in The Wairarapa | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Blackhead surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest