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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Wairarapa Wavefinder

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	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Mon
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Christmas Bay Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Tora-Stix Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	1	1	3	4	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 E	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.7 NE	2.1 NE	1.7 ENE	1.9 NW	1.9 WNW	1.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	9	11	13	13	9	9	7	8	9	9	10	11
Energy(?)	1303	893	712	825	492	396	236	205	52	121	223	262	197	245	283	133	413	549	490	695	849	405
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		1:13PM 1.43																10:08PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)																				12:40PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-
High °C	21	16	16	16	16	14	17	17	16	18	16	15	19	19	17	21	21	19	18	15	12	14
Low °C	19	16	15	15	14	13	15	15	16	16	15	15	16	18	16	17	19	13	16	13	11	12
Chill °C (?)	21	15	14	15	15	13	16	16	14	18	14	13	18	19	16	21	21	18	18	14	10	14
Sunrise	6:39	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:45	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 E	1.8 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.5 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 NE	0.3 S	1.7 ENE	0.5 W	1.9 WNW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	9	11	13	9	9	9	7	9	9	16	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 NE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.1 S	0.7 ENE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.5 S	0.1 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	-	0.6 W	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	16	15	15	8	20	18	6	12	11	11	14	10	13	12	12	8	11	9	-	14	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 NW	0.5 W	1.4 NW	2.3 NW	0.6 W	0.4 WNW	0.4 NNE	0.7 NE	1.7 NE	2.1 NE	0.4 NNW	1.9 NW	0.5 NNE	0.8 NNW
Period (s)	5	3	3	4	3	3	4	6	6	3	5	6	4	2	3	5	7	8	3	9	4	4

	Monday 13							Tuesday 14								Wednesday 15
	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mana Island Wellington	Blackhead Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	0	0	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	2.1 NW	2.0 E	2.1 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.4 NW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	10	6	10	10	10	10	9	9	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	120	368	1214	1049	949	831	767	712	699	647	582	559	492	555	522	397	300	217	201	195	240	221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-flow	-	mid-flow	-	-
High Tide / height (m)	12:52AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	20	20	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	14	14	13	13	14	15	16	17	14
Chill °C (?)	17	16	20	20	18	15	15	15	15	13	13	15	15	12	12	11	11	13	13	15	17	12
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.0 E	2.1 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.1 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.4 NW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.1 E	1.3 NE	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 NE	0.6 NE	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.4 NE	0.3 NE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	4	14	11	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	20	19	12	8	8	5	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	2.1 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.7 WNW	-	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	-
Period (s)	4	6	4	3	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	-	4	4	5	-

	Monday 13
	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Mana Island Wellington	Blackhead Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa
Rating	0	0	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.9 NW	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	9	10
Energy(?)	91	119	2560	2276	1839	1656	1656	1214	1214	915	885	1049	982	931	893	951	866	355	851	902	767	783
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:52AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)																				7:16PM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	18	18	19	18	19	19	20	19	19	20	18	17	16	16	16	16	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	17	18	17	18	19	20	18	18	20	18	16	15	15	15	14	16	15	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.9 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	0.3 NW	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 E
Period (s)	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	14	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	1.7 NE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.1 NE	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.1 NW	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	12	6	6	11	11	12	11	17	16	16	16	16	16	18	15	12	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	1.1 NW	1.5 WNW	1.4 WNW	0.9 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	1.9 NW	0.2 WSW	0.3 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW
Period (s)	4	4	5	5	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	7	4	3	3	3