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Blackhead surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 21 Nov 2025 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
15.7° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Blackhead today?

The current surf forecast for Blackhead at 11PM is: 0.9m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 21). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)--
Afternoon (21 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (21 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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

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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
NE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)999999999999999999999101013
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2121761481451411351351151018181818181838468686888717373102
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
NW
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
W
20
W
15
SW
15
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
NW
5
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
5
NW
10
W
15
W
20
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		crosscrossglassglassglassglassglassoncross-
on		crosscross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
1.40
8:00PM
1.29
8:22AM
1.40
8:44PM
1.28
9:05AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
0.27
1:59PM
0.27
2:10AM
0.27
2:44PM
0.27
2:53AM
0.28
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise-----5:41-------5:41-------5:41--
Sunset-8:15-------8:15-------8:16------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232118151515191915141312121216181818151312131616
Feels °C (?)2321161211111616121312111211151617171411991313
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