Surf-Forecast | Schnappes Surf Guide

Lat Long: 41.60° S 175.33° E

Issued: 12 pm 02 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Schnappes sea temperature is

13.7°C

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

Schnappes Surf Guide

Schnappes in The Wairarapa is an exposed reef break that has reasonably consistent surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. Offshore winds are from the north northwest and there is no shelter here from cross shore breezes. Able to handle light onshore wind Most of the surf here comes from groundswells and the ideal swell angle is from the southeast. No reef break here It very rarely gets crowded here. Beware of rips, rocks, seals.

Schnappes Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Reef	3	fairly consistent	13.7°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Schnappes:

The best conditions reported for surf at Schnappes occur when a Southeast swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the North-northwest.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Schnappes Location Map

Interactive Schnappes 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)
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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.

Schnappes Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Monday, 2 November 2026, 14:58 Local Time

m, °C	Monday 02			Tue
ft, °F	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Wave (m)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period (s)	10	12	9	13
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off

Tides at Schnappes

Current tide and informaton

For Cape Palliser, New Zealand, 4 km from Schnappes.

Next High Water: 12:17am | 1.65m

Next Low Water: 06:16pm | 0.21m

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

Schnappes Sea Temperature

The Schnappes water temperature is rather cool (13.7 °C) and the air temperature will feel about the same. A good quality spring wetsuit with optional neoprene boots should suffice. No need for wetsuit gloves.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit and neoprene boots.