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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	Wed		Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	God Squad Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Herbertville Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Riversdale Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Foxton Beach Wanganui-Manawatu	Blackhead Wairarapa	White Rock - The Spit Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	Ning Nong Point and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	2	2	3	4	3	0	2	2	9	7	5	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.3 NE	1.4 NNW	3.0 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 SSW	3.5 W	1.5 W	4.0 S	5.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	14	7	7	5	8	8	9	6	12	11	9	10	15	17	16	15	14	13	14
Energy	355	319	150	129	129	248	179	2024	334	451	361	1047	565	1946	525	7544	13255	4999	3272	4939	2823	1666
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		8:39PM 1.39	9:05AM 1.24		9:46PM 1.37	9:52AM 1.18		10:07PM 1.35	10:32AM 1.21		11:06PM 1.33	11:35AM 1.21		11:56PM 1.33		12:15PM 1.22	12:36AM 1.34		12:41PM 1.49	1:07AM 1.56		2:01PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)			3:04AM 0.28	3:10PM 0.32		3:50AM 0.28	3:55PM 0.31		4:31AM 0.30	4:53PM 0.31		5:36AM 0.30	5:43PM 0.31		6:13AM 0.28		6:21PM 0.29	6:36AM 0.44		6:42PM 0.46	7:44AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	20	21	17	19	19	19	18	14	12	14	15	15	11	10	7	13	15	12	13	13
Low °C	16	15	16	19	15	16	18	15	14	11	11	11	15	9	8	10	6	7	12	10	10	11
Chill °C (?)	17	15	20	21	17	19	18	18	18	13	10	13	13	13	11	7	6	12	15	11	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	5:17	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:12	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.3 SSW	2.3 NE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.7 ENE	1.6 S	1.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.5 W	4.0 S	5.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	7	14	7	7	14	8	8	9	9	12	11	11	10	15	17	16	15	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 NE	0.7 NE	0.4 SW	1.1 NE	0.5 ENE	-	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	1.2 S
Period (s)	10	10	13	9	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	12	12	-	6	11	11	11	10	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	1.5 NW	-	0.7 NE	-	1.3 NE	1.4 NNW	3.0 NE	0.6 NNW	-	2.1 SSW	-	0.8 NW	3.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	6	-	6	-	7	5	8	3	-	6	-	4	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07								Friday 08								Saturday 09
	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM	9AM	12PM	3PM	6PM	9PM	0AM	3AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	God Squad Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.9 NNW	0.3 SSW	2.0 NW	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	14	6	9	8
Energy	355	312	258	206	217	230	202	91	122	256	327	379	379	312	248	235	179	239	73	300	541	419
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off
Tide State	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			8:39PM 1.39					9:05AM 1.24				9:46PM 1.37				10:02AM 1.24				10:08PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)						3:06AM 0.27				3:28PM 0.30				4:10AM 0.29				3:55PM 0.55				4:53AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	-
Temp. °C	18	16	16	16	15	15	17	20	19	18	17	15	15	14	16	19	20	18	17	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	17	15	15	15	15	14	16	20	19	18	17	15	15	14	16	19	20	17	16	12	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:14	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	6	13	13	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	14	14	14	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 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
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	14	10	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	10	10	14	10	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.8 NW	0.7 NW	1.0 NE	0.3 NNW	1.3 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.5 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.3 NE	1.9 NNW	1.8 NW	2.0 NW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW
Period (s)	2	3	3	3	3	5	5	7	2	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	4	3

	Wednesday 06											Thursday 07
	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Gnarlies Wairarapa	God Squad Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Tora Point Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Blackhead Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Dee Dees Wairarapa	Akito River Mouth and Reef Wairarapa	Pourere Beach Wairarapa
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	343	363	355	355	332	430	432	258	258	243	233	221	208	216	157	163	163	121	122	144	161	161
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									8:39PM 1.39													9:25AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)																3:20AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	17	19	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	16	19	15	15	15	15	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	6	6	6	6	13	13	13	7	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	14	14	14	14	10	10	10	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NE	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NNW	0.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	9	2	2	2	6	6	6	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	-