Lake Ferry surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 23 Mar 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
16.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lake Ferry today?

The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 12AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)1ft (0.3m)9s
Afternoon (24 Mar)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (24 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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


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Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSW
0.4
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
ESE
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1010101013999981312141213131312131514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)486547343321161612111615193064321615164481766866
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
NE
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
15
NW
5
NW
5
N
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
ENE
5
S
10
S
5
ENE
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:39PM
1.36
10:09AM
1.26
10:36PM
1.39
11:05AM
1.26
11:33PM
1.41
12:01PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:04AM
0.04
4:21PM
0.05
5:01AM
0.03
5:16PM
0.04
5:57AM
0.04
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise------7:24-------7:26-------7:26-
Sunset-7:27-------7:24-------7:23------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C221914131313172121181616151517191917151515161718
Feels °C (?)201811101110151920181616151518191817141413141516
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