Wairarapa Surf

Detailed Wairarapa surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Wairarapa. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Wairarapa. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Wairarapa over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Wairarapa and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Wairarapa Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Wairarapa Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Wairarapa coastline are also listed below.

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	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Windies (Ngawi) Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Houghton Bay Wellington	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	8	1	1	3	1	3	4	4	4	3	1	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 W	2.1 S	0.3 W	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period(s)	14	12	19	12	16	9	16	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	16	13
Energy	7094	152	139	1292	72	526	1605	1537	1036	818	684	502	314	291	236	138	104	64	47	45	58	54
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			6:40PM 2.02				3:10AM 1.42	3:49PM 1.46		4:14AM 1.47	4:18PM 1.77		4:55AM 1.70	5:16PM 1.85		5:55AM 1.72		6:14PM 1.91	6:54AM 1.73		7:13PM 1.94	7:52AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		1:06PM 0.40	1:30AM 0.41	8:12AM 0.16	1:56PM 0.25	9:05PM 0.18	9:25AM 0.12		10:03PM 0.13	10:28AM 0.07		11:01PM 0.07	11:08AM 0.44		11:44PM 0.37		12:07PM 0.39	12:48AM 0.32		12:54PM 0.55	1:49AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	12	11	13	10	10	11	10	10	10	12	11	11	10	11	12	9	12	11	9	12
Low °C	11	13	11	11	13	10	9	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	10	8	9
Chill °C (?)	11	14	12	8	13	8	8	9	8	8	8	11	10	10	9	10	11	7	12	11	8	12
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	5:14	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.1 S	0.3 W	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	14	12	12	12	16	9	16	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	19	9	4	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	22	15	16	14	14	12	16	5	16	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 NNW	0.5 NW	-	0.3 NW
Period (s)	14	4	4	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	3

	Wednesday 13					Thursday 14								Friday 15								Sat
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Whatarangi Point and Bombora Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	8	3	1	4	1	1	4	4	3	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 S	0.2 W	0.3 W	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	0.4 W	0.3 W	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S
Period(s)	14	13	12	13	20	19	13	13	12	16	16	10	10	9	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	13
Energy	7094	6962	152	2821	54	139	2119	1805	1292	114	72	670	646	526	1632	1599	1605	1633	1537	1330	1223	1036
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	low	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	low	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)					6:40PM 2.02		2:03AM 1.30								2:54AM 1.42	3:02AM 1.42				3:49PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)	7:52AM 0.22		1:06PM 0.40						8:12AM 0.16		1:56PM 0.25			9:05PM 0.18				9:34AM 0.12				10:03PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	14	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	13	11	10	10	9	8	9	10	11	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	10	10	14	10	12	11	10	10	8	12	13	9	8	8	7	6	8	8	9	9	8	8
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	2.5 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	0.4 W	0.3 W	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	14	13	12	13	12	12	13	13	12	16	16	10	10	9	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 W	0.5 E	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	22	10	10	10	19	10	9	9	4	4	9	9	9	18	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	13	4	13	4	4	-	-	12	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 13																	Thursday 14
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Whatarangi Point and Bombora Wairarapa	Whatarangi Point and Bombora Wairarapa	Himatangi Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Peka Peka Wanganui-Manawatu	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Otaki Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Otaki Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Blackhead Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa
Rating	8	3	1	4	1	1	4	4	3	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.2 WNW	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	2.5 S	0.3 W	0.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	21	13	13	20	20	20	20	13	19	12	13	13	13
Energy	2330	6933	7094	3049	3037	6962	6961	134	152	62	2821	2821	87	54	54	85	2836	139	176	2151	2119	1900
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																					2:03AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		7:52AM 0.22						1:06PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	10	11	11	12	12	12	11	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	8	10	10	10	9	10	9	13	14	10	10	10	11	12	12	11	10	11	12	10	10	10
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.3 SSW	2.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 W	0.3 W	0.2 WNW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.5 S	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	22	22	10	10	14	10	10	13	10	10	14	19	19	19	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	14	14	14	14	13	13	4	4	4	13	13	4	4	4	4	-	4	4	-	-	-