Lake Ferry Surf Break

Lat Long: 41.40° S 175.15° E

Lake Ferry 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 5 pm 09 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Lake Ferry sea temperature is
13.1°C
1.1° 

Lake Ferry surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


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) & DateWave HeightWave 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 Forecast

Light 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
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.5
S
8
0.5
S
8
0.4
S
8
0.3
S
8
0.3
S
8
0.3
S
8
0.2
SSW
14
0.3
SSW
14
1.6
SSW
5
2.1
SSW
7
2
SSW
7
2
SSW
7
1.6
SSW
7
1.4
SSW
7
0.7
SSW
17
0.5
SSW
15
0.5
SSW
14
0.7
SSW
14
0.9
SSW
17
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
34
34
21
12
12
11
18
36
123
374
382
403
284
214
267
121
119
183
404
Wind (km/h)
15
NW
15
NNW
25
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
25
NW
30
NW
20
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
5
S
5
N
15
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
N
5
N
Wind State
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
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:30
6:28
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
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
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