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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 6 pm Thursday 04 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 1.7°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 9PM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 3.0m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 Dec) | - | - |
| Afternoon (04 Dec) | 13ft (4.0m) | 10s |
| Evening (04 Dec) | 11ft (3.5m) | 10s |
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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| 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 | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 2810 | 2474 | 1712 | 1320 | 1088 | 866 | 816 | 647 | 538 | 441 | 309 | 268 | 154 | 108 | 106 | 87 | 123 | 412 | 598 | 880 | 894 | 618 | 405 | 239 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:26AM 1.60 | 5:55PM 1.45 | 6:24AM 1.65 | 6:54PM 1.45 | 7:22AM 1.67 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:06PM 0.02 | 11:49AM 0.00 | 12:04AM -0.00 | 12:49PM -0.02 | 1:02AM -0.02 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sunday 07 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | 8:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 23 |
| Feels °C (?) | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 16 |
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