Lake Ferry surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 06 Mar 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
15.6° C
(Which is 1.6°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 10AM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 06). An open ocean swell of 1.8m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (06 Mar)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (06 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)10s

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


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Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010991515151515151515141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3939251919999992121438789898684817974102101137
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
N
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:53AM
1.24
8:18PM
1.20
8:44AM
1.20
9:09PM
1.20
9:35AM
1.17
10:00PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:44AM
0.11
2:14PM
0.14
2:37AM
0.14
3:03PM
0.16
3:30AM
0.16
3:51PM
0.18
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Mon
09
Sunrise--7:03-------7:05-------7:07-----
Sunset-----7:55-------7:53-------7:52--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121317181917141414131822221915161617181818181717
Feels °C (?)91013131514131313121822221914161516161515161516
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