White Rock - The Spit surf break

White Rock - The Spit surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 07 Mar 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
15.6° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average 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 11AM is: 0.5m 9s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)2ft (0.6m)9s
Afternoon (07 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (07 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)15s

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


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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.4
SW
0.4
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.5
W
1.8
SW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
S
1.9
SSW
1.8
S
Period(s) (?)99915151515161515141414131313136788888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6565645686150209212196142138133163156151192752200456495507484438387
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
N
5
N
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NW
10
N
10
NNE
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
20
SW
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:50AM
1.35
9:14PM
1.34
9:39AM
1.30
10:03PM
1.33
10:28AM
1.27
10:50PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:41AM
0.15
3:05PM
0.17
3:31AM
0.18
3:52PM
0.21
4:20AM
0.22
4:37PM
0.24
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise--7:05-------7:05-------7:07-----
Sunset-----7:52-------7:51-------7:50--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------121----
Temp. °C141417191918161515161819201817161614141313131313
Feels °C (?)1313171818181614141516171514141414101088889
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