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White Rock - The Spit surf break

White Rock - The Spit surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 NZDT
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White Rock - The Spit surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's White Rock - The Spit sea temperature is
17.5° C
 (Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at White Rock - The Spit today?

The current surf forecast for White Rock - The Spit at 10PM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 09). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)--
Afternoon (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Evening (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s

Table - waves today at White Rock - The Spit. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131312121212101010999999121211111313171514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)69663939353442105103927050343422565331291717113353917
Wind
(km/h)
30
NW
20
W
5
SSE
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NNW
25
NW
40
NW
35
NW
30
NNW
35
NW
45
NW
50
NW
50
NW
55
NW
55
NW
55
NW
55
NW
55
NW
55
NW
50
NW
20
S
15
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		oncrosscross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:10PM
1.33
11:32AM
1.37
12:01AM
1.30
12:22PM
1.31
12:51AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:19AM
0.15
5:50PM
0.15
6:12AM
0.21
6:37PM
0.20
7:02AM
0.25
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-----5:54-------5:56-------5:56--
Sunset-8:54-------8:53-------8:53------
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------12--
Temp. °C242116161620232323211919191920222220202018131315
Feels °C (?)20191716161818161816131110111113131111111091013
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