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Dolphin Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 NZDT
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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
16.5° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dolphin Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Dolphin Bay at 10AM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)11s
Evening (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)11s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1111111111111110101315141313121212121010981010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)503130303023111110164381696739373534438194645437
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ENE
15
NNE
15
N
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
30
NW
20
WNW
10
WSW
10
SSE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NNW
25
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
35
NW
40
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		oncrosscross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:49AM
1.51
10:16PM
1.35
10:41AM
1.44
11:10PM
1.33
11:32AM
1.37
12:01AM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:32AM
0.05
4:10PM
0.07
4:26AM
0.10
5:01PM
0.11
5:19AM
0.15
5:50PM
0.15
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-5:54-------5:54-------5:56------
Sunset-----8:53-------8:53-------8:53--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151518181919181716192526262517171619252424212020
Feels °C (?)151518171918171514172321232517181718211819171413
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