Lake Ferry surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Lake Ferry surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Lake Ferry sea temperature is
16.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Lake Ferry today?

The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 8PM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (24 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (24 Feb)6ft (1.8m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
S
1.3
S
0.9
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
0.6
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)887777777101010101010101010101010956
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)367125729321215797127102771111146768404039252524242345119
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
20
NW
5
W
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:20AM
1.24
11:48PM
1.33
12:15PM
1.24
12:44AM
1.37
1:10PM
1.25
1:39AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:33PM
0.08
6:09AM
0.07
6:26PM
0.07
7:04AM
0.07
7:19PM
0.05
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:54-------6:56
Sunset---8:10-------8:09-------8:07----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C20181615121110915222321171718171919201917161514
Feels °C (?)1916131310108612202120151415121516161718161313
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