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Lake Ferry surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 28 Jan 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
17.8° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Lake Ferry today?

The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 10AM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)9s
Afternoon (28 Jan)4ft (1.2m)9s
Evening (28 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.9
S
1
E
1.5
S
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)10999998888888777121212146101313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4143392762302251501168665463129282727253058574760200740692
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
NE
10
NE
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
25
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
30
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
NNE
0
ENE
5
S
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
E
10
NE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrossglassoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
1.24
1:52AM
1.36
2:17PM
1.25
2:48AM
1.40
3:13PM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:15AM
0.10
7:33PM
0.07
8:12AM
0.08
8:27PM
0.04
9:09AM
0.07
9:23PM
0.03
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
Sunrise-6:18-------6:18-------6:20------
Sunset-----8:44-------8:44-------8:43--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C111117212221151516161920212016151515161921211513
Feels °C (?)10915201919131312101315191815161514151720211412
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