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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	Thu	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	White Rock Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Otaki Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Humenga Lodge Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	4	3	2	1	1	2	3	2	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	0.3 ESE	1.9 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 NW	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.2 E	1.6 SSE	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period(s) (?)	9	13	11	9	12	7	8	9	16	15	7	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	11	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1459	1329	664	248	52	499	231	327	486	709	740	996	872	1134	1160	1118	881	870	673	670	532	409
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:25AM 1.45	4:44PM 1.63		5:11AM 1.47		6:04PM 1.54	6:22AM 1.51		6:50PM 1.60	7:18AM 1.52		7:51PM 1.65	7:58AM 1.49		8:31PM 1.89	9:09AM 1.72		9:44PM 1.64	10:07AM 1.49		10:35PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	10:02PM 0.12	10:39AM 0.12		11:00PM 0.43	11:23AM 0.08		12:22AM 0.06		12:36PM 0.04	1:11AM 0.02		1:12PM 0.05	2:13AM 0.02		2:08PM 0.03		3:07AM 0.25	3:23PM 0.03		4:02AM 0.02	4:19PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	mod. rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	-	4	1	1	3	2	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	18	18	16	16	20	17	17	18	14	15	16	17	17	17	14	19	19	14	18	19	16
Low °C	10	15	16	14	16	18	13	14	15	12	13	16	14	15	15	14	15	15	14	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	12	17	17	15	15	20	16	17	18	14	14	15	16	17	17	14	19	19	14	18	19	16
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.1 WNW	1.1 NE	1.3 ENE	1.3 NW	0.9 W	1.2 WNW	0.4 ENE	2.3 SSW	2.1 SE	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.2 E	1.6 SSE	1.3 E	1.2 E
Period (s)	9	13	11	9	7	7	8	9	16	15	10	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	11	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.9 NW	0.5 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	1.4 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SE	1.2 E	1.2 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	9	8	11	13	8	8	8	12	10	8	8	8	10	10	9	10	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.9 NNE	1.9 NE	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	3	3	3	4	7	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead 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	Herbertville Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	White Rock Point Wairarapa	Seconds (White Rock) Wairarapa	Dee Dees 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
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	4	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.3 ESE	0.3 SW	0.3 ESE	1.3 NNW	1.3 ENE	2.5 NE	1.5 ENE	1.8 NE	1.2 NE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	13	12	11	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	15	11	5	8	8	9	8	9
Energy(?)	510	1154	2160	2131	1184	1048	692	434	308	245	193	110	122	55	62	47	109	231	1311	372	717	240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				4:18AM 1.62				5:03PM 1.47				5:11AM 1.47				5:42PM 1.71					6:22AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		10:11PM 0.14				10:59AM 0.11				11:17PM 0.10				11:23AM 0.08					12:22AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	1	1	3	2	1	-
Temp. °C	14	13	11	10	14	18	19	16	16	16	16	17	15	16	16	16	16	17	14	14	15	18
Chill °C (?)	13	11	10	9	13	17	19	15	15	15	15	16	14	15	15	15	14	16	14	14	15	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.3 ESE	0.8 NE	1.0 ENE	0.2 S	1.3 ENE	1.7 NE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 NE
Period (s)	9	9	13	12	11	12	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	12	6	7	9	8	8	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	6	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	12	12	9	12	11	15	11	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.1 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 N	0.6 NE	0.9 NNE	1.5 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NNW	-	2.5 NE	0.3 WNW	1.8 NE	-
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	6	5	7	6	5	-	8	2	8	-

	Thursday 16					Friday 17
	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	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead 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	Herbertville Wairarapa	Tora-Shipwreck Wairarapa	White Rock Point Wairarapa	Seconds (White Rock) Wairarapa	Dee Dees 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
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	4	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	12	13	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	427	285	1229	1334	508	346	359	416	506	504	1281	1644	1140	1353	1540	1322	793	1009	910	767	664	566
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)											4:35AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)				9:55PM 0.45	10:03PM 0.13												10:35AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	12	14	14	13	13	12	12	10	12	11	14	15	16	18	19	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	12	11	11	9	11	9	13	14	14	17	19	18	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	12	13	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.7 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE
Period (s)	11	14	5	5	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	0.7 W	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	1.1 NW	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	5	4	9	9	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	-	4	-	3	3	3	3