
Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Lake Ferry today (10 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (10 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 8s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (10 Sep, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 8s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 12AM is: 0.3m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 09). 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 (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (10 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 8s |
| Evening (10 Sep) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Lake Ferry. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 14°C on Wed afternoon, min 6°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the NW on Wed night, calm by Thu night). | |||||||||||||||||||
Wed 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | |||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 5 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 17 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 17 |
Wave Graph | |||||||||||||||||||
34 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 123 | 374 | 382 | 403 | 284 | 214 | 267 | 121 | 119 | 183 | 404 | |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | on | on | on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 3:15AM1.26m | 3:46PM1.38m | 4:10AM1.26m | 4:40PM1.35m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:12PM0.05m | 9:28AM0.02m | 10:07PM0.06m | 10:25AM0.02m | |||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | |
— | 6:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:04 | — | |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 |
Feels °C | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SSW 14 | NW 6 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 14 | SSW 17 |
34 | 34 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 6 | 107 | 104 | 105 | 78 | 214 | 132 | 84 | 51 | 183 | 404 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | SSW 14 | S 8 | ESE 8 | SSW 20 | SSW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 15 | SSW 17 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 7 | E 7 |
13 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 75 | 120 | 131 | 126 | 267 | 121 | 115 | 38 | 1 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 19 | SW 12 | SW 12 | S 18 | SW 18 | SW 14 | ESE 8 | ESE 8 | S 22 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | E 8 | SSW 18 | E 8 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 18 | — |
7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 131 | 1 | 108 | 119 | 62 | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 3 | NW 4 | NW 5 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 6 | NW 5 | WNW 5 | SSW 5 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | SSW 7 | — | — | NW 4 | NW 5 | NNW 5 | NNW 4 |
5 | 35 | 77 | 208 | 386 | 228 | 90 | 33 | 123 | 374 | 382 | 403 | 284 | — | — | 25 | 60 | 44 | 13 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 27 | 14 | 27 | 94 | 82 | 82 | 82 | 84 | 64 | 112 | 64 | 64 | 43 | 9 | 9 | 31 | 27 | 9 | 9 |
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