Schnappes Surf Forecast

/ Wairarapa (36 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Schnappes surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 NZST

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

Today's Schnappes sea temperature is 12.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Schnappes today?

The current surf forecast for Schnappes at 4PM is: 4.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 14). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	11ft (3.5m)	12s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	15ft (4.5m)	11s
Evening (14 Sep)	13ft (4.0m)	11s

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

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	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	10	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	3806	5085	5101	4010	3476	2301	1622	1161	469	397	370	289	202	151	175	283	377	395	434	434	408	297	226	107
Wind (km/h)	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NW	NNW	N	NNW	NW	NNW	NW	NNW	NNE	NNE	N	N	NNW	NNW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:16AM 1.83				10:51PM 1.70				11:11AM 1.83				11:43PM 1.67					12:07PM 1.79				12:36AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)				4:48PM 0.25				5:06AM 0.27				5:41PM 0.24				5:57AM 0.26					6:32PM 0.25

	Sunday 14					Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	8	9	8	7	7	6	7	11	14	15	14	13	12	12	12	16	18	18	16	14	15	14	14
Feels °C (?)	3	0	2	2	4	4	2	3	8	11	12	12	8	7	8	8	13	16	16	14	11	8	5	6

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wairarapa

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Schnappes (moderate winds from the S at Ngawi Automatic Weather Station 8 km from Schnappes). A 4.3m groundswell from the SSW is too big for here
1 hour 19 minutes ago Schnappes

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1 h 19 min ago

24 km/h

Cross-On

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