Whatarangi Point and Bombora surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 27 Feb 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
15.1° C
(Which is 2.2°C colder than average 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 2PM is: 1.3m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s
Afternoon (27 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Evening (27 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.3
SSW
0.5
SE
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)66676666661569991413131313131378
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1261671761481209174564333432029262638353558133173173737843
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
E
5
E
5
E
5
ESE
5
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
NW
20
WNW
10
SW
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
1.39
2:04PM
1.25
2:34AM
1.40
2:58PM
1.25
3:29AM
1.39
3:52PM
1.24
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:00AM
0.07
8:14PM
0.04
8:55AM
0.07
9:08PM
0.04
9:50AM
0.08
10:03PM
0.04
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise-6:56-------6:56-------6:58------
Sunset-----8:06-------8:05-------8:02--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
11111-----------------74
Temp. °C14141313121312121211141820181311111117181715910
Feels °C (?)121211111011101010912161816119991515161346
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