Lake Ferry Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.40° S 175.15° E

Lake Ferry 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 29 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Lake Ferry sea temperature is
11.8°C
0.1° 

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 (29 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 11s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Aug, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 10s period with S swell.

The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 9PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm August 29). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)--
Afternoon (29 Aug)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Evening (29 Aug)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 7mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 16°C on Sun afternoon, min 6°C on Mon night). Mainly fresh winds.

Sat
29
Sunday
30
Monday
31
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)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
4
1
2
2
4
1
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.8
S
11
0.7
S
11
0.7
S
10
0.6
S
10
0.5
S
10
0.5
SSW
9
0.7
SSW
11
0.8
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
12
0.8
SSW
13
0.7
SSW
13
0.9
SSW
16
1.1
SSW
16
2.2
SSW
14
2.5
SSW
12
2.3
SSW
12
2.3
SSW
12
2.4
SSW
12
2.5
SSW
12
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
143
112
106
75
51
50
107
156
172
183
151
380
590
1730
1706
1431
1556
1687
1999
Wind (km/h)
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
15
NNW
20
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
5
SSE
5
SE
10
NNE
30
WNW
30
NW
10
WSW
5
W
35
WNW
Wind State
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
off
cross
cross-off
cross-on
glassy
cross
High Tide
6:00AM1.11m
6:26PM1.19m
6:49AM1.14m
7:15PM1.19m
Low Tide
00:00AM0.20m
12:14PM0.17m
00:47AM0.19m
1:05PM0.16m
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:48
6:46
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:51
5:52
5:52
 mm
Temp °C
14
10
10
10
10
9
12
15
16
14
13
10
9
9
12
13
14
11
12
Feels °C
10
6
6
6
6
5
9
11
11
7
7
8
7
7
5
6
11
9
4
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