Whareama surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 03 Apr 2026 NZDT
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Whareama surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whareama sea temperature is
15.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whareama today?

The current surf forecast for Whareama at 5PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)6ft (1.9m)14s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (03 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
2
1
2
2
1
1
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
S
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)1413131212121212111111111010109918171615141010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13241121862702488403276216157116858353333128276492179174149114111
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
10
NW
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
5
N
5
NNW
5
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:16PM
1.40
7:40AM
1.37
8:03PM
1.40
8:27AM
1.34
8:49PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:08PM
0.18
1:33AM
0.19
1:54PM
0.20
2:22AM
0.20
2:39PM
0.23
3:10AM
0.22
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise--------7:33-------7:33-------
Sunset---7:05-------7:02-------7:01----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131921181516151516202219161413131415151415151414
Feels °C (?)101517151213121313182017151312121314141316161413
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