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The Desert surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 NZDT
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The Desert surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Desert sea temperature is
16.4° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Desert today?

The current surf forecast for The Desert at 6PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)4ft (1.2m)13s
Afternoon (04 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (04 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)12s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
0.9
S
1
S
0.8
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313121211101010101010101010141414141312121313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)461867799540470297270205250347254294153214135173183178168109101756566
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
5
NNW
0
NW
5
SW
10
W
0
SSW
10
E
5
E
5
SSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscrosscross-
off		glasscrossglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38AM
1.69
8:12PM
1.57
8:34AM
1.64
9:06PM
1.58
9:29AM
1.61
9:56PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:07PM
0.35
2:20AM
0.29
3:00PM
0.37
3:16AM
0.34
3:50PM
0.40
4:11AM
0.39
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-------6:28-------6:30-------6:31
Sunset---8:36-------8:35-------8:34----
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141616151312111116181918161514141921212017151515
Feels °C (?)1013141311109814161715131312131920202116151515
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