Lake Ferry surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 16 Apr 2026 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
17.0° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lake Ferry today?

The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 1AM is: 1.6m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)7ft (2.1m)11s
Afternoon (17 Apr)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (17 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
4
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.4
S
1.6
S
2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
S
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)99991312111010999999151515151414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)190194311459125914931034641399259165103533924212221212020201918
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
20
WNW
15
WNW
0
SSW
5
N
10
N
15
NW
25
NW
35
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
20
NNW
30
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossglasscross-
off
offcross-
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
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:04AM
1.25
4:31PM
1.27
4:59AM
1.26
5:27PM
1.33
5:56AM
1.27
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:51PM
0.11
10:19AM
0.11
10:49PM
0.08
11:14AM
0.08
11:49PM
0.05
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise------6:50-------6:52-------6:52-
Sunset5:46-------5:45-------5:44-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------11746574---
Temp. °C161413111010151716151616161616161616171615151517
Feels °C (?)9991087111210101010101112131213131211131416
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