Lake Ferry surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 09 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
16.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lake Ferry today?

The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 2AM is: 0.2m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 09). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s
Afternoon (10 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (10 Apr)2ft (0.6m)5s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
1.4
E
0.2
SSW
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)14141416141555555131313771013667788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1819202418233349372819181717251734916765101212
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
25
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:44PM
1.19
11:08AM
1.07
11:27PM
1.18
11:49AM
1.06
12:09AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:29PM
0.26
5:04AM
0.24
5:10PM
0.26
5:46AM
0.25
5:51PM
0.25
6:27AM
0.24
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Sunrise------6:43-------6:45-------6:46-
Sunset5:58-------5:55-------5:54-------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191715141413151718141211111214202218161718182020
Feels °C (?)1613131214131415161211991013192218141517182020
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