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White Rock - The Spit Surf Forecast
/ Wairarapa (36 surf breaks) /
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White Rock - The Spit surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 03 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.8°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 7AM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 03). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (03 Dec) | 5ft (1.5m) | 5s |
| Evening (03 Dec) | 7ft (2.2m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at White Rock - The Spit. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 18 | 25 | 42 | 42 | 29 | 88 | 170 | 287 | 586 | 1051 | 1520 | 1374 | 2311 | 2174 | 2162 | 2231 | 1887 | 1791 | 1409 | 1170 | 999 | 770 | 616 | 510 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:31AM 1.46 | 3:57PM 1.41 | 4:28AM 1.54 | 4:56PM 1.43 | 5:26AM 1.60 | 5:55PM 1.45 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:13PM 0.08 | 9:47AM 0.08 | 10:09PM 0.05 | 10:48AM 0.03 | 11:06PM 0.02 | 11:49AM 0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 03 | Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:38 |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 22 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
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