Whatarangi Point and Bombora surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 22 Mar 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
15.3° C
(Which is 1.1°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 4PM is: 0.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (22 Mar)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Evening (22 Mar)2ft (0.6m)10s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.5
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)910910101010101010101010101313999109141412
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5757476061636346464748484734333316161698201930
Wind
(km/h)
0
NNW
5
SSW
10
S
5
ESE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NE
0
SE
0
E
5
N
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
15
NW
10
NW
0
NW
5
NNE
10
NNE
5
NE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffglassglassglassglassoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrossglassoffcross-
off
offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:16AM
1.26
8:42PM
1.32
9:12AM
1.26
9:39PM
1.36
10:09AM
1.26
10:36PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:32PM
0.08
3:06AM
0.05
3:26PM
0.06
4:04AM
0.04
4:21PM
0.05
5:01AM
0.03
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--------7:22-------7:24-------
Sunset---7:29-------7:27-------7:24----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141819161312111116202219151413131721221917161515
Feels °C (?)1317171511109914192118131210101520222017161515
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