Wave
- 1,381 ft
- summit
- Nov–Apr
- best months
Wave is a mountain in Wellington, New Zealand, with its summit at about 1,380 ft (421 m) above sea level. No mapped trail reaches the top in OpenStreetMap, so plan the approach with local maps or a guide. Peaks within about 3 miles include Black Mountain, Ant and Wish. For camping, Waimeha Camping Village and Cape Palliser Freedom Camping are within about 6 miles. Administratively, it is in South Wairarapa District. These details come from Wikidata. In a typical February, the warmest month, highs reach about 65°F (18°C) and lows about 57°F (14°C); in July, the coldest, highs are about 49°F (10°C) and lows about 44°F (7°C). Precipitation falls on about 18 days in June, the wettest month, and about 9 days in January, the driest. These typical figures for 1981–2010 come from the CHELSA 1 km climate model and CRU TS 4.09. The location and elevation come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Check local access rules and conditions before you go.
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at the summit for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
- Summit elevation
- 1,381 ft
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of Wave. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about Wave
How tall is Wave?
1,381 ft (421 m).
Is there a trail to the top of Wave?
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide.
- Black MountainSummit · ~2 min drive
- AntSummit · ~4 min drive
- WishSummit · ~5 min drive
- KawakawaSummit · ~5 min drive
- MangatoetoeSummit · ~8 min drive
- WaipipiSummit · ~8 min drive
- WhatārangiSummit · ~8 min drive
- NgāpōtikiSummit · ~8 min drive
- KaiwhiriSummit · ~9 min drive
- TuhirangiSummit · ~10 min drive
Also worth it near here
- Waimeha Camping VillageCamping · ~3 min drive
Mangatoetoe HutHut camping · ~5 min drivePhoto: Sarang, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
Putangirua PinnaclesHiking · ~10 min drivePhoto: TimClicks, CC BY 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Ocean BeachBeach · ~24 min drivePhoto: Sunita Singh, CC0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Best time to visit Wave
Best months: November–April. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where there's no snowfall data), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
65° / 56°
9 wet
Feb
65° / 57°
9 wet
Mar
62° / 55°
12 wet
Apr
59° / 51°
12 wet
May
55° / 48°
16 wet
Jun
51° / 45°
18 wet
Jul
49° / 44°
18 wet
Aug
50° / 44°
18 wet
Sep
53° / 46°
15 wet
Oct
55° / 48°
14 wet
Nov
58° / 50°
12 wet
Dec
62° / 54°
11 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1981–2010. Modelled for the 1 km square this place sits in (average height 984 ft), not measured at a weather station. Snowfall days aren't in this data. Source: CHELSA 1 km climate model (1981–2010) and CRU TS 4.09 wet days. Data: CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al. 2017), WSL (CC0 1.0); CRU TS 4.09 (Harris et al. 2020), University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
