Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Whareama today (15 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (15 Sep, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 10s period with SSE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (15 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 9s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (15 Sep, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 8s period with SSE swell.
The current surf forecast for Whareama at 6PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am September 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Sep) | 4ft (1.2m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (15 Sep) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 9s |
| Evening (15 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Whareama. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue afternoon, min 5°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tue 15 | Wednesday 16 | Thursday 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 8 | SE 12 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | ESE 12 | SE 11 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | SE 9 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 271 | 295 | 203 | 203 | 90 | 92 | 106 | 77 | 48 | 35 | 34 | 40 | 64 | 53 | 96 | 89 | 68 | 65 | 63 | 59 | 40 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off |
High Tide | 8:00AM1.45m | 8:25PM1.40m | 8:49AM1.43m | 9:14PM1.36m | 9:37AM1.41m | ||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:19PM0.15m | 2:39AM0.18m | 3:09PM0.19m | 3:26AM0.22m | 3:58PM0.23m | ||||||||||||||||
 | | | |  | | |  | | | | | | |  | |  | |  | | | |
 | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:13 | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:06 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 12 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 10 |
Feels °C | 10 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 4 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 10 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | SE 9 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 10 | SE 9 | SE 11 | SE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 10 | ESE 9 | SE 9 |
| kJ | 271 | 295 | 203 | 203 | 90 | 92 | 106 | 77 | 48 | 35 | 34 | 23 | 64 | 31 | 96 | 89 | 68 | 65 | 63 | 59 | 40 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 11 | NE 13 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | S 9 | S 9 | NE 4 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | S 8 | SE 11 | SE 11 | ESE 12 | ESE 12 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | NE 4 | NE 6 |
| kJ | 91 | 7 | 41 | 20 | 41 | 39 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 32 | 40 | 30 | 53 | 19 | 20 | 43 | 41 | 37 | 4 | 8 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 10 | E 9 | NE 13 | NE 13 | SSW 11 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 13 | SE 12 | SE 12 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | NE 12 | NE 12 | SSW 13 | SE 11 |
| kJ | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 49 | 26 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 34 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 31 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NNE 2 | NE 3 | NE 4 | — | NNW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | N 3 | NE 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 |
| kJ | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 13 | 13 | 43 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 71 | 43 | 43 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in The Wairarapa | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Whareama surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest