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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	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Sat
	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	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Porangahau River Mouth Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Himatangi Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Blackhead Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Castlepoint Beach Wairarapa
Rating	1	3	2	2	3	1	1	3	4	3	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	4	1	3	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 S	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	1.6 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSE	5.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.5 S	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSE	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.1 SE	1.2 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	10	13	15	9	6	10	10	9	11	9	10	7	11	7	11	6	9	8	8
Energy(?)	121	94	130	443	450	682	201	178	270	505	2685	973	571	5112	683	4932	536	1803	190	1908	644	254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	on	on	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:42PM 1.71		6:22AM 1.51		6:50PM 1.60	7:25AM 1.53		7:28PM 1.64	7:58AM 1.49		8:36PM 1.59		12:58PM 2.14	1:30AM 2.17		2:09PM 2.00	2:39AM 1.46		3:24PM 1.92	11:32PM 1.58	11:49AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	11:23AM 0.08		12:14AM 0.05		5:22PM 0.01	1:11AM 0.02		1:12PM 0.05	1:53AM 0.01		2:09PM 0.04		7:32AM 0.40		7:53PM 0.45	8:36AM 0.54		7:47PM 0.49	9:46AM 0.63			5:42AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	7	2	7	6	4	-	1	8	1	7	1	5	-	-	-	4	-	-
High °C	21	18	15	18	16	13	13	13	14	15	10	12	12	14	12	10	11	12	11	13	12	13
Low °C	18	17	14	15	13	11	12	13	12	13	10	9	12	12	11	9	11	9	9	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	21	17	14	18	16	13	12	11	13	15	6	8	9	12	10	6	9	9	11	11	10	12
Sunrise	6:46	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:38	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.8 NE	0.9 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.0 W	1.2 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.7 ENE	1.0 SE	1.5 S	2.3 SSE	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSE	0.9 SE	0.1 W	0.7 E	0.1 W	3.0 SSE	0.1 W	2.2 SSE	0.2 ENE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	8	7	8	10	13	15	9	10	6	10	10	11	9	9	13	10	18	11	15	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.6 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 SSW	0.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.2 E	1.2 SSE	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.1 W	-	0.1 W	0.7 E	0.1 W	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.7 E
Period (s)	12	12	9	9	8	8	5	13	10	8	12	10	9	11	13	-	13	9	12	9	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	0.4 NNW	0.4 N	0.4 NW	-	-	0.4 SE	1.6 S	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	5.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.5 S	2.3 SSW	-	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.1 SE	-
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	-	-	3	6	-	-	9	-	-	10	7	11	7	-	6	9	8	-

	Saturday 18					Sunday 19								Monday 20								Tue
	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Paekakariki Wellington	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Himatangi Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa
Rating	1	0	1	2	2	3	4	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 ESE	1.6 NW	0.8 NE	1.5 NE	1.9 WNW	2.3 NE	2.5 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.8 NE	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	1.0 SSW	0.8 ENE	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	6	7	6	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	9	15	15	14	14	9	8	9	7	8	10
Energy(?)	78	235	94	278	484	863	1243	354	443	322	256	762	571	682	656	590	201	60	141	158	107	607
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				5:56PM 1.54					6:05AM 1.49					10:51PM 2.51				11:45AM 1.86			7:45PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)		11:37AM 0.48					12:22AM 0.06				12:17PM 0.06					5:46AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	11	6	1	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	8
Temp. °C	17	16	18	17	14	14	16	14	15	18	18	15	13	12	11	11	12	13	14	12	12	14
Chill °C (?)	16	14	17	17	14	12	16	13	14	18	18	14	13	12	10	10	11	11	14	12	11	14
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 S	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	1.9 WNW	1.5 NE	1.7 NE	1.4 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.1 NE	1.1 W	1.2 WNW	1.2 WNW	1.1 WNW	1.0 WNW	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.8 ENE	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	9	10	15	15	14	14	9	8	9	9	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.1 W	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	-	0.6 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	-	0.8 S	1.3 SE
Period (s)	9	15	12	11	20	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	-	5	14	7	-	5	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNE	1.6 NW	0.4 NNW	1.5 NE	-	2.3 NE	2.5 NE	0.2 NNW	0.4 NW	0.6 WNW	-	1.8 NE	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	3	6	3	6	-	8	8	2	3	6	-	9	-	-	-	3	3	7	7	7	-	-

	Saturday 18																	Sunday 19
	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Castlepoint - Slippery Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Paekakariki Wellington	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Himatangi Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dolphin Bay Wairarapa
Rating	1	0	1	2	2	3	4	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	2.4 WNW	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.8 NE	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	1.7 WNW	1.5 WNW	1.5 ENE	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	8	8	8	6	6	12	12	12	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14
Energy(?)	111	60	121	121	790	144	156	41	41	40	40	98	779	1255	484	484	414	282	414	385	340	34
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												5:47PM 1.41					10:08PM 2.51
Low Tide / height (m)						11:42AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	5	5	1	4	3	1	5	7	3	-
High °C	17	17	18	19	18	21	21	16	16	16	15	17	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	15	17	19	17	21	21	14	14	15	14	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	13
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.1 W	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	1.9 WNW	0.3 W	1.4 NW	0.3 W	1.5 WNW	1.5 ENE	1.3 ENE
Period (s)	9	9	8	8	-	8	8	6	6	6	7	7	20	8	8	8	14	8	14	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.4 W	0.2 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	12	14	12	12	-	12	8	12	12	12	12	11	-	20	20	20	20	15	20	13	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 N	1.8 NW	0.6 NNE	0.6 NNE	2.4 WNW	0.8 NE	0.9 NE	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.2 NNW	0.3 NNW	2.4 WNW	2.4 WNW	-	-	1.7 WNW	-	1.7 WNW	-	0.4 NW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	3	6	3	3	8	6	6	3	3	3	3	3	8	8	-	-	8	-	8	-	2	5