Lake Ferry surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 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
15.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Lake Ferry today?

The current surf forecast for Lake Ferry at 3PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm November 05). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)14s
Afternoon (05 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (05 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Saturday
08
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
SE
0.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)1414141313121111111110101010101010109999109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)108250571627638503377291238269210206164161161156196116807979574759
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
20
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
W
5
WSW
5
W
10
WNW
15
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offglassglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:06PM
1.30
5:36AM
1.40
6:05PM
1.31
6:35AM
1.45
7:05PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:56AM
0.03
11:20PM
0.03
11:59AM
0.00
12:18AM
0.00
1:01PM
-0.02
1:18AM
-0.01
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Friday
07
Saturday
08
Sunrise-------6:00-------5:58-------5:58
Sunset---8:04-------8:05-------8:06----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151920181313141518181917171615131619211812111011
Feels °C (?)1418191710910111414141313131312151717169879
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