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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 pm Tuesday 02 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
15.6° C
(Which is 1.1°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 8PM is: 0.4m 7s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 02). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (02 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (02 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 7s |
| Evening (02 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 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 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 | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 15 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 32 | 32 | 29 | 31 | 95 | 204 | 572 | 1347 | 2768 | 3830 | 5290 | 5409 | 3171 | 3317 | 3289 | 2556 | 1832 | 1313 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | glass | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:00PM 1.39 | 3:31AM 1.46 | 3:57PM 1.41 | 4:28AM 1.54 | 4:56PM 1.43 | 5:26AM 1.60 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 8:48AM 0.12 | 9:13PM 0.08 | 9:47AM 0.08 | 10:09PM 0.05 | 10:48AM 0.03 | 11:06PM 0.02 | ||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 02 | Wednesday 03 | Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 8:36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:37 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
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