Lake Ferry surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 07 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
15.7° C
(Which is 1.5°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 2PM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 07). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)15s
Afternoon (07 Mar)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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


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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
0.5
SSW
0.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
Period(s) (?)991515151515151515141414141313136778888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)99212143878888858482797510410199129230369375427419337294
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
5
N
5
NW
0
WNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
10
SW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
glassglassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:44AM
1.20
9:09PM
1.20
9:35AM
1.17
10:00PM
1.20
10:25AM
1.14
10:49PM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:37AM
0.14
3:03PM
0.16
3:30AM
0.16
3:51PM
0.18
4:20AM
0.19
4:37PM
0.21
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise--7:05-------7:07-------7:07-----
Sunset-----7:53-------7:52-------7:51--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------2211---
Temp. °C131318222219151515161719201816161614141312121212
Feels °C (?)12121822231914141414141615141213161212108899
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