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White Rock - The Spit surf break

White Rock - The Spit surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 16 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
17.0° 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 4AM is: 6.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 3.5m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)15ft (4.5m)12s
Afternoon (16 Feb)15ft (4.5m)12s
Evening (16 Feb)16ft (5.0m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
3
5
4
4
3
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
5.5
SSW
5.5
S
6.5
S
5.5
S
5
E
4
E
5
E
4
ESE
5
SW
4.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)1110111113121211101099998888888887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6746601298646571729049926909356648413630234619151646112985454152137331928419615512097
Wind
(km/h)
55
SSW
50
SSW
60
SSW
40
S
40
SSW
40
SSW
50
SW
60
SW
50
WSW
35
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
NNE
10
SSW
10
S
5
E
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crossglasscross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
1.34
5:10PM
1.21
5:36AM
1.36
5:56PM
1.23
6:22AM
1.38
6:43PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:30PM
0.26
11:10AM
0.27
11:16PM
0.22
11:56AM
0.24
12:03AM
0.19
12:42PM
0.20
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise---6:41-------6:43-------6:43----
Sunset-------8:22-------8:21-------8:19
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1619131158109692---1---------
Temp. °C141514161616151314141414151617161514141417181818
Feels °C (?)56310101072581011141616151413131317181817
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