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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	Sat	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Baches Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 WNW	0.4 W	1.6 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	13	6	15	8	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	11	14	14	13	13	12	12	10
Energy(?)	318	204	177	119	170	140	485	488	482	437	255	379	328	309	470	1220	1198	817	379	290	178	425
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		9:37AM 1.35		10:00PM 1.38	10:28AM 1.27		10:50PM 1.32	11:15AM 1.24		11:37PM 1.31	12:18PM 1.28		12:41AM 1.33	4:11AM 1.77	4:54PM 1.70		5:40AM 1.75	6:15PM 1.71			2:05PM 1.42	2:27AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	3:30AM 0.19		3:50PM 0.23		4:20AM 0.22	4:36PM 0.26		5:09AM 0.25	5:21PM 0.30		6:14AM 0.28	6:19PM 0.25		11:16AM 0.90		11:45PM 0.86	12:43PM 0.90		1:14AM 0.82	8:07AM 0.47		8:07PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	20	16	17	16	12	16	15	11	17	18	12	20	21	16	22	18	17	15	17	15
Low °C	14	18	18	15	16	15	12	14	14	10	15	17	10	15	19	14	18	18	11	13	16	13
Chill °C (?)	16	19	20	16	17	16	10	16	14	9	17	18	10	20	21	16	22	17	15	15	17	14
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:49	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	1.1 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.6 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	12	12	12	11	10	11	14	14	13	13	12	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SE	0.8 S	0.5 SE	0.5 NE	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.8 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	16	14	14	13	15	15	15	14	13	14	8	11	12	5	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	-	0.9 NW	0.3 W	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.9 E	0.8 NE	0.7 NE	0.7 ENE	-	-	2.2 WNW	2.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	6	2	-	7	-	-	7	3	4	4	4	4	5	-	-	7	7	3	-	-

	Sat	Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.2 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	18	16	15	7	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	215	251	242	284	204	131	212	204	158	222	101	120	81	139	140	128	111	105	95	535	488	530
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:12PM 1.39				9:39AM 1.30				10:00PM 1.38	10:03PM 1.33					1:50PM 2.03				2:15AM 2.00			11:21AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)			3:30AM 0.19				3:52PM 0.21					4:42AM 0.20					8:52PM 0.53			5:24AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	14	14	14	18	21	20	18	17	16	15	15	18	17	16	15	13	12	12	12	13	15
Chill °C (?)	17	13	13	13	18	21	20	17	16	15	14	14	17	17	16	14	12	11	11	11	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	9	6	7	6	6	6	6	13	6	13	6	13	12	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	18	16	15	15	14	14	14	6	13	6	13	6	6	6	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 ENE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.2 ENE	-	-	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	-	1.1 NW	0.6 W	0.3 W	0.6 WSW	-	0.8 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	-	-	6	6	-	7	3	2	3	-	7	2	3	-	2	-	-	-

	Saturday 07				Sunday 08
	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	15	15	15	6	6	6	5	5	14
Energy(?)	247	281	215	215	314	251	311	310	242	212	174	146	171	217	217	217	233	241	260	179	193	128
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			9:12PM 1.39																1:14PM 2.17
Low Tide / height (m)									3:30AM 0.19													4:05PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	16	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	16	15	13	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	15	16	15	16	16	17	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.5 ENE
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	15	15	9	15	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 NW	1.4 NE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.4 WNW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	3	6	3	3	6	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6