Lake Ferry surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Friday 19 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
12.9° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Lake Ferry today?

The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 7PM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)--
Afternoon (19 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)9s
Evening (19 Sep)5ft (1.6m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
3
4
4
3
1
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.3
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
S
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
0.1
SW
Period(s) (?)99991014141313141313131111111111101510151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82654040243031912621190838713101471365346625315786563519218877
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
5
ESE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
N
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
35
NNW
25
N
30
N
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
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
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:03AM
1.18
3:30PM
1.27
3:52AM
1.16
4:18PM
1.23
4:41AM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:01PM
0.13
9:15AM
0.12
9:51PM
0.15
10:06AM
0.14
10:40PM
0.17
10:57AM
0.16
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Sunrise------6:13-------6:11-------6:09-
Sunset-6:12-------6:13-------6:14------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------1111
Temp. °C108433391212101010111112141514151412131313
Feels °C (?)550-1-1-1566554445786896889
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wairarapa

  1. weather stationWind Update Recent cross-shore wind 19 km from Lake Ferry has fallen light (calm at Heights Road). Waves should be turning clean at Lake Ferry. A 1.7m swell from the S

    Lake Ferry
  2. weather stationWind Update Cross-off wind 29 km from Dee Dees has become light (calm at Heights Road). Waves should be turning clean at Dee Dees. A 1.7m swell from the S

    Dee Dees
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19 km away, 1 h 6 min ago

4 km/h
N
0.0
12.9
Air / Water (°C)
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