Dolphin Bay surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Saturday 09 Aug 2025 NZST
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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
13.3° 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 10AM is: 4.0m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 09). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Aug)13ft (4.0m)9s
Afternoon (09 Aug)13ft (4.0m)9s
Evening (09 Aug)15ft (4.5m)10s

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

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Saturday
09
Sunday
10
Monday
11
Tue
12
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
2.5
SE
3
SSW
2.4
SE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
1.9
SE
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)88999910101010101191010991212121271114
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)1540175622652511283232653782393240153661345431232638233419061675143417051567102614657888921254
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
45
SSW
40
S
40
S
35
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:27AM
1.23
4:53PM
1.40
5:14AM
1.26
5:41PM
1.43
6:03AM
1.28
6:30PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:33AM
0.20
11:14PM
0.20
11:22AM
0.16
12:02AM
0.16
12:12PM
0.12
Saturday
09
Sunday
10
Monday
11
Tue
12
Sunrise--7:16-------7:16-------7:13-----
Sunset----5:30-------5:30-------5:31---
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Rain (mm)
121111111111------1-1---
Temp. °C888887777788888888999899
Feels °C (?)-1-2-2-2-2-3-4-3-3-2-10011222343234
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0.0
13.3
Air / Water (°C)
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