- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
White Rock - The Spit Surf Forecast
/ Wairarapa (36 surf breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
White Rock - The Spit surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 NZST
How big are the waves at White Rock - The Spit today?
The current surf forecast for White Rock - The Spit at 9PM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 2ft (0.6m) | 10s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at White Rock - The Spit. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 0 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 75 | 175 | 222 | 890 | 705 | 816 | 1222 | 1467 | 1062 | 775 | 613 | 626 | 516 | 1756 | 1491 | 1314 | 625 | 636 | 759 | 584 | 369 | 300 | 195 | 114 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 2:25AM 1.31 | 2:52PM 1.43 | 3:16AM 1.30 | 3:42PM 1.40 | 4:05AM 1.29 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:20PM 0.15 | 8:34AM 0.14 | 9:12PM 0.16 | 9:26AM 0.15 | 10:01PM 0.17 | 10:17AM 0.17 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:09 | - |
| Sunset | - | 6:09 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:12 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | |  | |  |  |  | | |  |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | -1 | -2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Wairarapa
The wind is still cross-off at White Rock - The Spit (moderate winds from the N at Ngawi Automatic Weather Station 11 km from White Rock - The Spit). 0.9m 7s swell from the SW with a 0.6m 10s swell from the S and a 0.3m 13s groundswell, also from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 48 min ago
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our White Rock - The Spit surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest