Lake Ferry Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.40° S 175.15° E

Lake Ferry 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 11 pm 03 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Lake Ferry sea temperature is
12.3°C
0.3° 

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 (04 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 10s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 16s period with SSW swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 7s period with SSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 5AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 03). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (04 Sep)1ft (0.3m)16s
Evening (04 Sep)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Very mild (max 15°C on Fri morning, min 11°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Fri morning, moderate winds from the NW by Fri night).

Friday
4
Saturday
5
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
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
SSW
11
0.9
SSW
11
0.8
S
11
0.7
S
10
0.4
SSW
10
0.3
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
16
0.3
SSW
15
1
SSW
7
1.2
SSW
7
0.3
SSW
15
0.3
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
8
0.6
SSW
8
0.7
SSW
10
0.8
SSW
10
0.9
SSW
11
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
198
194
143
100
34
48
48
44
99
157
42
42
36
50
96
121
161
Wind (km/h)
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
40
NW
45
NW
40
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
WNW
30
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
40
NW
35
NW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
9:50PM1.20m
10:17AM1.31m
10:43PM1.21m
11:11AM1.35m
Low Tide
4:02AM0.12m
4:38PM0.10m
4:54AM0.09m
5:32PM0.09m
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:39
6:37
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:57
5:58
 mm
1
1
Temp °C
14
14
14
14
14
15
15
12
11
11
11
11
13
14
13
12
12
Feels °C
8
8
8
7
5
8
7
4
4
4
5
5
7
7
6
4
5
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