Dolphin Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 03 Oct 2025 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Dolphin Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dolphin Bay sea temperature is
13.6° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Dolphin Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Dolphin Bay at 3PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Oct)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (03 Oct)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (03 Oct)4ft (1.2m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
2
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
S
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
1.9
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.8
E
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
Period(s) (?)121211111110101010888888888887899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)81971856531926019520416012243029929929817717313613311310889735162823282397
Wind
(km/h)
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
30
NE
30
ENE
25
NE
15
NE
10
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
20
NW
10
WNW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SW
40
SW
30
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:17PM
1.33
2:41AM
1.22
3:05PM
1.36
3:30AM
1.26
3:56PM
1.40
4:21AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:57AM
0.26
8:36PM
0.24
8:45AM
0.22
9:23PM
0.20
9:37AM
0.16
10:13PM
0.15
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise-------6:47-------6:45-------6:43
Sunset---7:25-------7:27-------7:28----
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------24--------1-------
Temp. °C111313121212121314161613131211101010109991010
Feels °C (?)898777791214128788765411135
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wairarapa

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Dolphin Bay (calm at Cross Creek wx 45 km from Dolphin Bay). A 1.5m groundswell from the SSW

    Dolphin Bay
Expand
<
>
View all

45 km away, 46 min ago

2 km/h
ESE
0.0
13.6
Air / Water (°C)
Please reload the page to see if there are any updates.

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 Dolphin Bay 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
Nearest
Nearest