White Rock - The Spit surf break

White Rock - The Spit surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 20 Feb 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
16.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


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

The current surf forecast for White Rock - The Spit at 9AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.0m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (20 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
1.2
S
0.7
SE
1.3
S
0.8
SSE
1.2
SSW
1.6
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.4
SW
0.8
W
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)1110101010101067811101010109998156898
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)164121116116100284941286017853184291673153933618811182605380130215
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
20
NW
35
NW
35
NW
20
WNW
25
SSE
10
SSE
5
WNW
5
W
0
ENE
5
NNE
5
ESE
10
E
15
ENE
20
NNW
35
NNW
35
NW
45
NW
50
NW
30
WNW
10
SSW
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:57AM
1.39
8:20PM
1.32
8:46AM
1.39
9:11PM
1.36
9:37AM
1.39
10:03PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:41AM
0.14
2:15PM
0.15
2:32AM
0.12
3:03PM
0.13
3:25AM
0.11
3:52PM
0.12
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-6:46-------6:48-------6:48------
Sunset-----8:15-------8:15-------8:13--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171619202015141312121516171715161516172019181414
Feels °C (?)13121313171012121111131415141198891417161113
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