Owahanga surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 08 Sep 2025 NZST
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Owahanga surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Owahanga sea temperature is
12.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Owahanga today?

The current surf forecast for Owahanga at 8AM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (08 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (08 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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

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Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thu
11
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
4
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)141312121110101010101010111312111111111111101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)337623171595122396973760747243142339441636540729423019115915396991069688
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
25
NW
30
NW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
45
WNW
45
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:02AM
1.37
5:29PM
1.50
5:54AM
1.43
6:20PM
1.53
6:47AM
1.48
7:13PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:12AM
0.12
11:48PM
0.11
12:06PM
0.07
12:39AM
0.07
1:01PM
0.04
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thu
11
Sunrise--6:28-------6:26-------6:24-----
Sunset----5:57-------5:58-------5:59---
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C579101097644913141110101113151715121010
Feels °C (?)13567743005785435710128510
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wairarapa

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Owahanga (moderate winds from the WSW at CastlepointAws 28 km from Owahanga). 3.6m 13s groundswell from the SSW which is too big for here.

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28 km away, 43 min ago

20 km/h
WSW
0.0
12.2
Air / Water (°C)
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