Lake Ferry surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 03 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 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lake Ferry today?

The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 9AM is: 4.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)13ft (4.0m)9s
Afternoon (03 Mar)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (03 Mar)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)101099912121211111111111010101099911111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35963184298827622424369932542816218417081320999723504379320225170132108119121111105
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
5
W
5
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononononononononononcross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:16AM
1.35
5:39PM
1.22
6:08AM
1.32
6:32PM
1.21
7:01AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:59PM
0.05
11:39AM
0.09
11:54PM
0.06
12:31PM
0.10
12:49AM
0.08
1:23PM
0.12
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise----7:01-------7:01-------7:03---
Sunset-------8:00-------7:59-------7:57
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
111111------------------
Temp. °C111010101113141312121211131616151110101016191917
Feels °C (?)434357877899111414141088815171817
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