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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 Sunday 01 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
16.0° 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 11PM is: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 01). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Feb)--
Afternoon (01 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)13s
Evening (01 Feb)4ft (1.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
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
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.5
SSW
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.9
SSW
2.5
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
Period(s) (?)1312121111101010111111101010101067899988
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)62347738523016712382563937365150487046665402075268421601498961675
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
20
ENE
20
NE
10
NNE
15
N
25
N
30
NNW
35
NW
35
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
25
WSW
10
SW
10
SE
5
WNW
25
SW
35
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
1.58
6:12PM
1.39
6:42AM
1.56
7:07PM
1.39
7:36AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:27PM
0.03
12:10PM
0.06
12:23AM
0.02
1:05PM
0.06
1:19AM
0.03
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise-----6:22-------6:24-------6:26--
Sunset-8:39-------8:38-------8:37------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------1711211---
Temp. °C191815141415202222212020161616161614141313131415
Feels °C (?)171513121110141517181717121515171386667810
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