Blackhead Surf Forecast

/ Wairarapa (36 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (40.32° S 176.67° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Blackhead surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 12.0° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Blackhead today?

The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 7AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (18 Sep)	2.5ft (0.7m)	14s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	4	4
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	S	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	13	6	7	8	9	10	10	9	9	10	10	14	13	13	13	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	54	53	34	34	34	44	196	134	735	288	623	649	985	1004	725	492	501	463	424	1281	1141	972	835	877
Wind (km/h)	NW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	WNW	W	SW	SW	S	S	SSW	S	SW	WNW	WNW	NW	N	NNE	NE	NNE	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:53AM 1.38				2:22PM 1.48				2:49AM 1.35					3:16PM 1.46				3:42AM 1.34				4:08PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)			8:04AM 0.16				8:42PM 0.17				8:59AM 0.18					9:36PM 0.19				9:52AM 0.19				10:27PM 0.19

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	16	17	16	13	12	12	8	8	9	10	9	9	8	6	5	4	7	11	13	11	8	8
Feels °C (?)	10	8	7	6	7	5	4	5	2	2	2	2	1	3	5	3	2	0	2	6	7	6	5	5

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wairarapa

Wind Update The wind is still offshore at Blackhead (near gales from the WNW at Takapau Plains Automatic Weather Station 46 km from Blackhead). 0.6m 10s swell from the SSW with a 0.2m 10s swell from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 28 minutes ago Blackhead

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46 km away, 2 h 28 min ago

61 km/h

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12.0

Air / Water (°C)

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