White Rock - The Spit surf break

White Rock - The Spit surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 14 Mar 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
15.9° 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 10AM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.7m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 14). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Afternoon (14 Mar)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (14 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)141313131312121212121010131316171716161616151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8987786906094733983242402361671571986481018186221992225183917721493145513641121989
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
N
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
NW
15
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
0
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:55AM
1.29
2:17PM
1.18
2:40AM
1.30
3:02PM
1.19
3:26AM
1.32
3:47PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:13AM
0.31
8:21PM
0.30
8:58AM
0.29
9:06PM
0.27
9:44AM
0.27
9:52PM
0.24
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tue
17
Sunrise--7:13-------7:13-------7:15-----
Sunset-----7:40-------7:39-------7:37--
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C151414151615131212121617171614131313161817161414
Feels °C (?)121010121413111010101516161512111111151614141414
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