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Schnappes surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 02 Feb 2026 NZDT
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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
16.4° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Schnappes today?

The current surf forecast for Schnappes at 1AM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (03 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Evening (03 Feb)10ft (3.0m)8s

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

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
1.1
SW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
S
1.7
S
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
SSE
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
S
1.3
S
Period(s) (?)1111111010567778988881312121110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39373651208941352472706351631226716211355943754507373343366318260245333
Wind
(km/h)
35
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
25
WNW
20
SW
20
S
15
SE
5
NE
20
SW
40
SW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
0
ESE
5
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:20PM
1.58
6:41AM
1.75
7:17PM
1.57
7:38AM
1.69
8:12PM
1.57
8:34AM
1.64
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:27AM
0.25
1:10PM
0.34
1:24AM
0.26
2:07PM
0.35
2:20AM
0.29
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:26-------6:28--
Sunset-8:38-------8:37-------8:36------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------311221111--------
Temp. °C222120191616161717141413131313141515121111111517
Feels °C (?)17181817141414181487677810111311101091314
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