Lake Ferry surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 25 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
16.1° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Lake Ferry today?

The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 1PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 25). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)7s
Afternoon (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SSW
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
1.1
SW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)777101010101010101010101010666666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)851278310911111167584040392524242369746782124106897460
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
5
N
5
NW
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
SW
10
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:15PM
1.24
12:44AM
1.37
1:10PM
1.25
1:39AM
1.39
2:04PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:09AM
0.07
6:26PM
0.07
7:04AM
0.07
7:19PM
0.05
8:00AM
0.07
8:14PM
0.04
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise-6:54-------6:54-------6:56------
Sunset-----8:09-------8:07-------8:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C10915212321161717171920211916151514141313131313
Feels °C (?)8712192120141514131517191816151413131111111111
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