Lake Ferry surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 NZST
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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
11.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Lake Ferry today?

The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 3AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 16). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (17 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.8
S
1.1
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)131310101010101010101010101010101310778899
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2982387471727277787451515133507070222230607698640782808736
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
35
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
25
NW
10
NNW
15
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
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-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
1.24
12:57PM
1.38
1:22AM
1.22
1:50PM
1.35
2:13AM
1.20
2:40PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:24PM
0.06
6:38AM
0.06
7:18PM
0.09
7:31AM
0.08
8:10PM
0.11
8:23AM
0.10
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise----6:18-------6:16-------6:13---
Sunset-------6:09-------6:10-------6:12
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------1-----161----
Temp. °C131314141415141414141414141514131210778998
Feels °C (?)1099978666678887897112334
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wairarapa

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Lake Ferry (fresh winds from the N at Ngawi Automatic Weather Station 22 km from Lake Ferry). 0.7m 9s swell from the SSW with a 0.5m 10s swell from the SE and a 0.2m 17s long period groundswell from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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22 km away, 1 h 25 min ago

31 km/h
N
0.0
11.5
Air / Water (°C)
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