Lake Ferry surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Saturday 11 Apr 2026 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
16.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Lake Ferry today?

The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 12AM is: 0.3m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (12 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (12 Apr)2ft (0.6m)7s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.1
SW
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
1.8
E
0.1
S
0.5
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
1.1
SW
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)131366778127875101010101010101015141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16688911407325533257686063424039191942413938
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
10
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
10
NE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSW
20
WSW
10
NNW
35
NW
35
NW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:09AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:51PM
0.25
6:27AM
0.24
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise------6:46-------6:47-------6:48-
Sunset5:54-------5:52-------5:52-------
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------3828202-----2------
Temp. °C221816171718181818181817171718181816161515151517
Feels °C (?)221713151618201919191915171113141513121110101011
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