Herbertville surf break

Herbertville surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 11 Mar 2026 NZDT
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Herbertville surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Herbertville sea temperature is
16.9° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Herbertville today?

The current surf forecast for Herbertville at 7AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s
Afternoon (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (11 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
4
4
4
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
S
0.8
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
SSE
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
2.4
NE
2.3
NE
2.3
NE
2.3
NE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
Period(s) (?)13121212121211111111101112121111128888131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21519641640933934312111984206184280324407379400449640617565651780780840
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
20
NNE
25
NE
30
NE
25
NE
20
NNE
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:53PM
1.36
12:16PM
1.29
12:39AM
1.34
1:02PM
1.26
1:25AM
1.33
1:48PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:12AM
0.30
6:27PM
0.31
6:58AM
0.32
7:12PM
0.33
7:44AM
0.34
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise----7:05-------7:05-------7:07---
Sunset-------7:40-------7:38-------7:37
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C131312131516171614131212151819171514131319222120
Feels °C (?)1111911121212121010109121314131313111017202021
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