Seconds (White Rock) surf break

Seconds (White Rock) surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 22 Oct 2025 NZDT
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Seconds (White Rock) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Seconds (White Rock) sea temperature is
14.3° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Seconds (White Rock) today?

The current surf forecast for Seconds (White Rock) at 4PM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 22). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Oct)4.5ft (1.4m)15s
Afternoon (22 Oct)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (22 Oct)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

Table - waves today at Seconds (White Rock). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
1
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
5
!
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)1514121212181614141413121212981613131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)86910686925694294089917425694803362452302471681648833365347630902789201313321001
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
45
NW
50
NW
40
NW
40
NW
40
NW
55
NW
45
NW
50
NW
60
NW
65
NW
50
NW
55
NW
45
NW
20
WNW
10
NNW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NNE
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:45PM
1.48
7:11AM
1.54
7:33PM
1.47
7:56AM
1.54
8:20PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:42PM
0.59
12:59AM
0.66
1:32PM
0.62
1:45AM
0.67
2:22PM
0.64
2:28AM
0.67
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise-------6:16-------6:15-------6:13
Sunset---7:47-------7:49-------7:50----
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151414131314141617181817161514131415151311121212
Feels °C (?)9444563998886591011131297556
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still offshore at Seconds (White Rock) (strong winds from the N at Ngawi Automatic Weather Station 10 km from Seconds (White Rock)). 1.5m 11s groundswell from the SSW to make surfable waves.

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39 km/h
N
Offshore
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