
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Lake Ferry today (15 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 9s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 8s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 10PM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 15). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (15 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 9s |
| Evening (15 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.7m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Lake Ferry. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Tue afternoon, min 7°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Wed morning, calm by Fri morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Tue 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | |||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
82 | 69 | 68 | 33 | 19 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 40 | 41 | 76 | 45 | 44 | 51 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | off | 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 | cross |
High Tide | 8:14PM1.20m | 8:40AM1.24m | 9:06PM1.17m | 9:30AM1.24m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:30AM0.15m | 3:02PM0.15m | 3:18AM0.18m | 3:52PM0.18m | |||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:18 | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 6:07 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Temp °C | 17 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 10 |
Feels °C | 15 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 9 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 8 | SSW 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | NW 5 |
82 | 69 | 68 | 33 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 40 | 41 | 76 | 45 | 44 | 32 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SSW 13 | SE 8 | SE 11 | SSW 13 | S 8 | S 8 | ESE 11 | ESE 11 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | SW 14 |
74 | 38 | 38 | 17 | 18 | 11 | 34 | 11 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 51 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | S 9 | SSW 9 | SSW 10 | SSW 13 | SSW 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SE 11 | ESE 10 | SE 10 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 7 | SW 7 | SSW 7 | ESE 9 |
39 | 38 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NW 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 5 | NW 6 | SSW 6 |
20 | 18 | 25 | 57 | 107 | 176 | 306 | 330 | 363 | 374 | 286 | 214 | 114 | 92 | 73 | 40 | 59 | 138 | 24 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 34 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 27 | 34 | 27 | 31 |
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