Gnarlies surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 04 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Gnarlies surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Gnarlies sea temperature is
16.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Gnarlies today?

The current surf forecast for Gnarlies at 6AM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 2.1m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 04). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Afternoon (04 Mar)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (04 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s

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


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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
S
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
S
2.3
SE
2.4
SE
2.2
SE
2
ESE
1.8
SE
1.7
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
E
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
E
1.2
E
1
ESE
1
E
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)1111111110111110101091212111111101010109999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)223515401164934104012981070853625522404537950885655572432402326267189176144144
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
ESE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
ESE
0
ENE
5
NE
10
NW
15
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
N
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:20AM
1.46
6:44PM
1.36
7:11AM
1.43
7:35PM
1.35
8:01AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04AM
0.08
12:40PM
0.11
12:57AM
0.09
1:30PM
0.12
1:49AM
0.12
2:18PM
0.14
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise----7:01-------7:03-------7:03---
Sunset-------7:57-------7:54-------7:52
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121212121314141411111010141819171413121217202119
Feels °C (?)5779101112139988121719161311101016192018
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