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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	Thu	Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Baches Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa
Rating	2	1	4	2	2	3	3	4	0	5	6	5	4	5	6	4	4	4	4	0	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.2 NE	3.0 NE	1.4 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 S	5.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.1 S
Period(s)	7	7	7	8	8	9	13	15	14	8	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	13	12	12	12	15
Energy	156	88	237	1503	310	398	449	161	1223	1055	10605	6029	2430	1468	5955	4268	1528	1386	967	102	78	1914
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:24PM 1.37	9:49AM 1.22		10:07PM 1.35	10:51AM 1.22		11:06PM 1.33	11:16AM 1.20		11:35PM 1.33		12:21PM 1.22	12:36AM 1.34		1:03PM 1.25	1:32AM 1.36		2:01PM 1.30	2:08AM 1.39		2:37PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		3:48AM 0.29	4:00PM 0.25		4:53AM 0.30	4:36PM 0.32		5:13AM 0.29	5:16PM 0.49		6:19AM 0.29		6:21PM 0.29	6:57AM 0.25		7:17PM 0.27	7:52AM 0.22		7:53PM 0.21	8:23AM 0.17		8:49PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	20	19	18	18	14	16	16	9	10	10	8	11	12	10	11	15	12	11	12	11
Low °C	14	16	19	16	16	15	12	13	12	8	9	8	7	10	11	8	10	13	9	10	12	10
Chill °C (?)	16	19	20	18	17	18	12	16	16	5	8	8	6	10	11	10	8	15	12	11	12	9
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	2.0 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 NE	0.9 NE	1.4 NE	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 ENE	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.1 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	8	9	13	13	14	15	12	13	13	13	14	14	12	13	12	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.9 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	1.2 ENE	-	0.8 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.1 SW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	9	11	13	12	-	11	11	12	11	10	16	10	19	13	17	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 NE	3.0 NE	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.8 NW	-	2.3 S	5.5 SSW	-	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	8	4	4	4	4	-	8	13	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 08								Saturday 09								Sunday 10
	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.4 NNW	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE
Period(s)	14	7	7	7	6	7	7	8	5	8	8	8	8	8	9	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	141	291	331	307	220	296	140	136	165	1357	1645	462	310	305	343	567	870	966	705	673	600	596
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		9:24PM 1.37				9:49AM 1.22				10:07PM 1.35				10:46AM 1.22				11:12PM 1.33				11:22AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)				3:48AM 0.29				3:53PM 0.32				4:53AM 0.30				5:00PM 0.31				5:21AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	18	15	20	21	19	18	17	17	15	16	18	18	15	14	14	13	12	14	17
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	18	15	20	21	19	17	16	17	14	15	17	18	14	12	12	12	11	13	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 NE	0.9 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.8 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.4 NE	1.4 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE
Period (s)	14	7	7	8	7	7	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	9	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 NE	1.4 NNW	2.5 NE	3.0 NE	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	-	-	0.6 WNW	-
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	6	7	7	8	5	8	8	-	4	4	4	3	3	3	-	-	3	-

	Thursday 07					Friday 08
	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 NE	0.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.3 NE	1.0 ENE	1.3 NE	1.3 NNW	1.3 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.3 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period(s)	14	14	7	14	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy	87	130	292	141	153	291	141	334	112	337	128	110	104	89	88	240	107	107	77	78	76	76
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				9:24PM 1.37													10:08AM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)										3:48AM 0.29	4:10AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	15	18	16	18	17	18	14	14	16	16	16	16	18	19	19	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	17	17	18	17	15	17	16	18	16	18	14	14	16	16	16	16	18	19	19	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.9 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	7	14	7	7	7	7	13	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	7	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	14	9	14	14	14	14	-	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	11	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.7 NE	1.3 NE	0.8 ENE	-	1.3 NE	-	1.3 NE	1.3 NNW	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.5 NE	0.5 NE
Period (s)	6	6	7	6	-	7	-	7	5	7	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	4	4	4	4