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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	Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thu
	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	Tora Point Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Whareama Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Mana Island Wellington	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Airport Rights Wellington	Blackhead Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa
Rating	1	2	2	1	0	0	2	3	3	3	0	3	3	5	4	4	5	1	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.4 NW	0.9 ENE	1.3 NNW	0.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 SSW	3.5 W	1.8 SSW	5.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 S
Period(s)	13	14	8	7	5	14	8	9	13	12	14	9	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy	121	130	248	97	160	22	276	283	643	538	599	1990	1064	16807	2389	988	1157	200	2921	1538	1238	1008
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	9:25AM 1.27		9:24PM 1.37	9:49AM 1.22		10:22PM 1.35	10:51AM 1.22		11:12PM 1.33	11:35AM 1.21	3:44PM 1.77	11:50PM 1.33			12:20AM 1.53		1:10PM 1.25	1:32AM 1.36		1:54PM 1.31	2:16AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		3:12PM 0.30		3:48AM 0.29	3:53PM 0.32		4:53AM 0.30	4:58PM 0.32		5:36AM 0.30			6:13AM 0.28	5:57PM 0.47		6:36AM 0.44		7:17PM 0.27	7:19AM 0.45		8:02PM 0.22	8:41AM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	-
High °C	20	20	18	19	19	17	16	16	14	17	16	12	9	9	6	10	13	11	10	10	11	11
Low °C	16	19	16	16	18	14	15	14	11	13	12	6	8	9	6	9	11	10	9	9	10	10
Chill °C (?)	20	20	18	19	18	15	15	15	12	17	14	9	6	5	3	7	13	10	7	7	8	8
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	0.4 SSW	1.4 NW	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 SSW	3.5 W	0.7 NW	5.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.1 SE
Period (s)	7	14	8	7	14	14	8	9	13	12	14	9	9	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.3 SSW	0.4 NE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.7 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 NW	0.6 ENE	0.5 W	0.5 E	0.1 SE	0.5 E	0.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	9	14	14	14	10	13	14	15	11	12	14	13	11	14	5	10	8	10	16	10	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	0.7 NE	-	-	1.3 NNW	2.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.6 NW	-	0.4 WNW	1.2 NW	0.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	5.0 SSW	1.2 NW	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	1.9 S
Period (s)	3	6	-	-	5	6	4	3	-	4	4	14	12	13	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	12

	Thursday 07							Friday 08								Saturday 09
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.7 WNW	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NNW	1.9 NNW	0.2 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.4 SW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.0 NE
Period(s)	14	13	13	14	14	6	6	7	7	7	9	7	7	5	6	14	8	8	13	9	9	13
Energy	207	204	121	202	122	244	336	335	344	312	430	218	161	105	326	22	514	380	76	354	351	565
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				9:05AM 1.24				9:44PM 1.38				10:02AM 1.24				10:08PM 1.50				10:46AM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)		3:06AM 0.27				3:28PM 0.30				4:10AM 0.29	8:11AM 0.72			3:55PM 0.55				4:53AM 0.30				5:00PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	3	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	16	20	19	18	16	16	14	13	17	19	21	18	17	16	16	15	14	16	16	14
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	20	19	18	16	16	14	12	16	19	21	17	15	14	16	14	11	15	15	12
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.5 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.7 WNW	0.9 NE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	0.3 SSW	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	6	13	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	9	7	14	14	14	14	8	8	13	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	-	0.2 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	1.0 NE
Period (s)	14	6	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	-	14	10	10	14	10	14	14	13	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	1.0 NW	0.4 NNW	0.9 NE	0.2 NNW	1.3 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	1.5 NE	0.4 NE	1.2 NE	1.2 NE	1.3 NNW	1.9 NNW	2.1 NW	-	0.4 NW	2.1 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W
Period (s)	3	6	3	7	2	6	6	7	7	7	3	7	7	5	6	6	-	2	6	4	4	3

	Thursday 07
	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	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora-Bombora Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.4 NW	1.3 NE	1.0 ENE	1.5 NE
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	15	13	13	14	5	5	6	6	5	6	7	7
Energy	200	243	196	154	140	150	142	172	161	161	28	188	187	132	144	151	160	153	159	259	132	343
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										9:25AM 1.27												9:46PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)				3:04AM 0.28												3:14PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	16	18	20	20	18	18	18	20	19	17	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	13	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	16	18	20	20	17	17	17	20	19	16	18	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.1 NW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 NE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 W	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	6	10	10	10	6	14	14	14	13	13	15	13	13	10	10	9	9	-	9	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	1.3 NW	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.4 NNE	0.3 NW	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 ENE	1.1 NE	1.4 NW	1.3 NE	-	1.5 NE
Period (s)	2	6	5	5	5	2	-	-	-	-	4	7	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	6	-	7