Wairarapa Surf

Wairarapa Surf Forecast

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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Wairarapa Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu		Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	0	2	4	2	2	0	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.7 NE	2.2 NE	1.2 ENE	0.8 NE	0.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.3 S	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 S	2.3 S	2.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S
Period(s)	8	8	8	6	7	9	9	11	7	9	10	9	14	14	8	10	17	13	13	12	12	12
Energy	113	109	53	375	758	231	131	98	958	2297	1036	304	347	391	570	1646	3256	1666	1740	1100	1022	602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		8:08PM 1.39	8:31AM 1.23		9:12PM 1.38	9:14AM 1.21		9:37PM 1.49	10:03AM 1.43		10:32PM 1.35	10:44AM 1.46		11:08PM 1.52	11:33AM 1.20		11:47PM 1.35		12:16PM 1.56	12:43AM 1.59		1:07PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)		2:33AM 0.28		3:03PM 0.28		3:15AM 0.28	3:45PM 0.29		4:09AM 0.47	4:03PM 0.28		4:49AM 0.45	4:48PM 0.48		5:35AM 0.15	5:58PM 0.27		6:11AM 0.44		6:22PM 0.46	6:56AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	18	15	15	17	12	11	11	11	15	15	13	10	11	12	13	13	10	13	13
Low °C	16	16	16	17	13	15	14	9	10	9	7	11	12	9	9	10	10	10	11	9	10	11
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	18	15	14	16	11	8	9	8	14	14	13	7	9	11	12	12	9	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-
Sunset	4:54	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:53	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:54
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.2 NE	1.5 NE	1.2 ENE	0.8 NE	0.7 S	0.2 ENE	0.4 NE	2.3 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.3 S	2.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	8	6	8	7	7	9	9	5	9	9	10	9	9	14	17	10	17	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.1 NE	0.4 SW	0.7 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	1.0 S	0.1 SE	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.4 S	1.1 S	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	11	13	12	12	11	11	9	16	10	16	14	13	12	16	11	18	17	16	12	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	0.4 N	0.8 NE	1.7 NE	2.2 NE	0.4 NNW	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	0.3 NW	2.0 S	-	-	0.7 NW	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.6 NNW
Period (s)	6	3	6	6	7	3	-	-	7	9	-	4	5	3	8	-	-	4	-	-	3	4

	Thursday 04			Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.7 NE	1.5 NE	1.8 NE	2.2 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period(s)	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	6	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	12	12	11	11	11
Energy	113	307	89	109	55	53	53	79	375	319	439	758	264	250	231	176	131	128	116	98	89	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:08PM 1.39				8:31AM 1.23					9:12PM 1.38				9:29AM 1.23				9:37PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)					2:33AM 0.28									3:15AM 0.28				3:37PM 0.29				4:22AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1
Temp. °C	17	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	18	15	15	14	14	15	15	16	17	13	12	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	16	14	15	16	16	16	16	17	18	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	16	12	12	11	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:53	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	1.0 ENE	1.2 NE	1.5 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 NE	0.8 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	6	6	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	9	7	12	5	5	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 NE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	9	10	9	8	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	11	12	7	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NW	1.1 NE	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.3 NW	1.7 NE	1.5 NE	1.8 NE	2.2 NE	-	0.3 N	0.4 NNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	9	3	3	6	6	6	3	6	7	7	7	-	2	3	3	-	3	4	-	-	-

	Thursday 04											Friday 05
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	1.4 NE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6
Energy	85	113	113	125	307	307	305	300	89	89	103	109	102	55	55	54	54	53	53	53	53	210
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:08PM 1.39												8:31AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)															2:33AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	17	15	15	13	13	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	18	16	16	16	14	14	13	12	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	4:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 NE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NE	0.4 NE	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	0.3 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.4 N	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	3	3	6	6	9	9	9	9	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6