Whatarangi Point and Bombora surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 22 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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.2°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 11AM is: 4.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)9s
Afternoon (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)9s
Evening (22 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
3
S
2.4
S
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)99999998888888888888141388
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24222929280524762065169813111208106476558341728221317715312992808096909598
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
35
S
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
W
5
WSW
0
NW
5
N
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:51AM
1.29
9:19PM
1.46
9:48AM
1.28
10:17PM
1.45
10:45AM
1.27
11:13PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:48AM
-0.01
3:02PM
0.01
3:45AM
-0.01
3:59PM
0.01
4:41AM
0.01
4:55PM
0.02
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise--6:56-------6:56-------6:58-----
Sunset----5:37-------5:36-------5:35---
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
112111124---------------
Temp. °C1110101010101091010111212108877913141199
Feels °C (?)323334545689986644611131087
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