Lake Ferry surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 25 Feb 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
16.1° 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 7AM is: 1.1m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.3
S
0.9
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
0.6
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.9
SW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)777771010101010101010101010105556666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)214157851271027511111188684040392525242435516296127124108
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
NW
5
WSW
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:48PM
1.33
12:15PM
1.24
12:44AM
1.37
1:10PM
1.25
1:39AM
1.39
2:04PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09AM
0.07
6:26PM
0.07
7:04AM
0.07
7:19PM
0.05
8:00AM
0.07
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise---6:54-------6:54-------6:56----
Sunset-------8:09-------8:07-------8:07
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C12111091521232116171717192020191615151514131313
Feels °C (?)109871219221914151412151717171615141412111111
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