White Rock - The Spit surf break

White Rock - The Spit surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 14 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
16.4° C
(Which is 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 12AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 3s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (15 Jan)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
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SSW
0.8
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1.6
SSE
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)891010101010131377777713131212127877
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)611018886868679147202384542344310272222257249230222177252292320311
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
SE
15
E
15
E
15
E
20
E
15
E
5
E
5
SW
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoncrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:10AM
1.29
3:30PM
1.19
3:55AM
1.31
4:16PM
1.19
4:41AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:52PM
0.29
9:27AM
0.31
9:36PM
0.29
10:14AM
0.31
10:21PM
0.29
11:01AM
0.30
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise-----6:01-------6:01-------6:03--
Sunset-8:52-------8:52-------8:52------
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
138411517101-123------1----
Temp. °C141414141515161617161515151515161615141414141415
Feels °C (?)14131212131315171815141414141414141312101010910
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