Lake Ferry surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 23 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
16.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Lake Ferry today?

The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 6PM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 23). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)8ft (2.4m)11s
Afternoon (23 Feb)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (23 Feb)4ft (1.2m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.5
SSE
0.8
S
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)11101098888886666610710101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1245772481326217112854536562031831158963585856565758594040
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SW
5
WSW
5
NNW
10
N
15
N
15
N
15
N
10
WNW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
5
N
10
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
N
25
NNW
30
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffcrossononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:25AM
1.24
10:52PM
1.29
11:20AM
1.24
11:48PM
1.33
12:15PM
1.24
12:44AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:40PM
0.09
5:13AM
0.08
5:33PM
0.08
6:09AM
0.07
6:26PM
0.07
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-------6:52-------6:54-------6:54
Sunset---8:13-------8:10-------8:09----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151819181312131319181616131110101622242117171717
Feels °C (?)141718171191111181614151210871321222015141412
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