Whatarangi Point and Bombora surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 02 Apr 2026 NZDT
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Whatarangi Point and Bombora surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Whatarangi Point and Bombora sea temperature is
16.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Whatarangi Point and Bombora today?

The current surf forecast for Whatarangi Point and Bombora at 1PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s

Table - waves today at Whatarangi Point and Bombora. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)131313121212121215141313131212121211111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11731037102186983372662863813731231100685261341633927621615711611483533131
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
5
NNE
0
SSW
5
SSW
0
ESE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
NW
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:44AM
1.22
6:09PM
1.19
6:34AM
1.19
6:59PM
1.20
7:24AM
1.16
7:48PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:03PM
0.15
12:28AM
0.15
12:52PM
0.17
1:20AM
0.17
1:40PM
0.19
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sun
05
Sunrise--7:33-------7:35-------7:35-----
Sunset-----7:09-------7:07-------7:07--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C9913181916141312111519181616151516171919171514
Feels °C (?)661016181612111081216141212121213141515151413
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