Lake Ferry Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.40° S 175.15° E

Lake Ferry 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 am 30 Jul 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Lake Ferry sea temperature is
10.7° C
1.5° 

Lake Ferry surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Lake Ferry today (30 Jul):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (30 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 14s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (30 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 13s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (30 Jul, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 13s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 5PM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am July 30). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (30 Jul)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (30 Jul)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Thu night. Very mild (max 13°C on Thu afternoon, min 4°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SW on Fri night, calm by Sat night).

Thu
30
Friday
31
Saturday
1
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
SSW
14
0.5
SSW
14
0.5
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
13
0.4
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
12
0.3
SSW
11
0.3
SE
15
0.3
SE
16
3
SW
7
4
SSW
9
4.5
SSW
10
4.5
SSW
10
4.5
SSW
11
4
SSW
12
3.5
S
12
3.5
S
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
115
107
102
69
68
67
78
28
28
28
25
37
38
670
2803
4109
4495
4615
4961
3990
3145
Wind (km/h)
25
NNW
20
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
35
WNW
20
WSW
40
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
5
S
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross
cross-on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
glassy
High Tide
5:28PM1.21m
5:47AM1.07m
6:13PM1.20m
6:33AM1.07m
6:59PM1.19m
Low Tide
11:10AM0.21m
11:52PM0.24m
11:57AM0.21m
00:38AM0.23m
12:44PM0.20m
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
7:30
7:28
7:26
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:22
5:22
5:22
 mm
2
1
1
Temp °C
11
11
13
12
12
12
11
11
11
12
11
10
9
8
6
7
7
7
7
6
5
Feels °C
5
6
7
6
6
5
5
4
4
5
4
2
3
-1
-3
-1
-1
1
1
2
2
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder
How to use the Wavefinder 

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Lake Ferry surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest