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White Rock - The Spit surf break

White Rock - The Spit surfForecast / Wairarapa / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 12 Jan 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
17.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for White Rock - The Spit at 11PM is: 2.4m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)--
Afternoon (12 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (12 Jan)8ft (2.5m)11s

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
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.6
S
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111101012111110101010109999910910101013
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2102167513311087794125189967253044032626218816813310657888878868695116
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
15
NNW
10
N
15
N
20
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
5
NW
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
E
10
ENE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
1.28
1:58PM
1.22
2:25AM
1.28
2:44PM
1.20
3:10AM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:23PM
0.24
7:52AM
0.29
8:07PM
0.27
8:40AM
0.31
8:52PM
0.29
9:27AM
0.31
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Sunrise-----5:58-------6:00-------6:01--
Sunset-8:53-------8:52-------8:52------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------432
Temp. °C151513121212172021201615161616171616151514151616
Feels °C (?)111210899151818171211111212131416131312141616
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