Whatarangi Point and Bombora surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
16.9° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than 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 7PM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)6ft (1.9m)6s
Afternoon (16 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (16 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)9s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
4
4
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
WNW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.6
S
2.2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.8
NW
0.8
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.2
SSW
1.6
NW
0.2
SSW
1
NW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)6999991312111010969999156155141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)249147197230311459147416491053653454259239103403925211752156212020
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
20
W
5
WNW
0
SSW
5
N
10
N
15
NNW
25
NW
35
NW
30
NW
30
NNW
35
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
N
25
N
20
N
20
NNW
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise6:50-------6:50-------6:52-------
Sunset--5:46-------5:45-------5:44-----
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---1-----------123533422
Temp. °C1416161311119914171715161616161516161616161614
Feels °C (?)7101089107611121110111010111213131213131312
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