Surf-Forecast | Pararaki Stream Surf Guide

Lat Long: 41.54° S 175.21° E

Issued: 12 am 03 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Pararaki Stream sea temperature is

13.5°C

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

Pararaki Stream Surf Guide

Pararaki Stream in The Wairarapa is an exposed beach break that has quite reliable surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. The best wind direction is from the northeast and there is no shelter here from cross shore breezes. Groundswells and windswells are equally likely and the best swell direction is from the south. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves. Best around mid tide. Rarely crowded here. Watch out for rocks.

Pararaki Stream Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Beach	2	fairly consistent	13.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Pararaki Stream:

The best conditions reported for surf at Pararaki Stream occur when a South swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Northeast.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Pararaki Stream Location Map

Interactive Pararaki Stream surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail.

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Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Pararaki Stream Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Tuesday, 3 November 2026, 06:37 Local Time

m, °C	Tuesday 03
ft, °F	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Wave (m)	SW	SSW	SSW	S
Period (s)	13	13	13	16
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross	cross

Tides at Pararaki Stream

Current tide and informaton

For Baches, 9 km from Pararaki Stream.

Next High Water: 12:36pm | 1.39m

Next Low Water: 06:58pm | 0.02m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Pararaki Stream Sea Temperature

The water temperature (13.5 °C) at Pararaki Stream is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (17.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 13.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite