Awatoto Rivermouth surf break

Awatoto Rivermouth surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 19 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Awatoto Rivermouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Awatoto Rivermouth sea temperature is
20.8° C
(Which is 1.9°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Awatoto Rivermouth today?

The current surf forecast for Awatoto Rivermouth at 8AM is: 0.6m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (19 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

Table - waves today at Awatoto Rivermouth. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
2
0
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.8
E
1
E
1.1
E
0.8
E
0.7
ESE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.5
ESE
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.4
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)131212121112121212101111111099999991098
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)675011310916627632217113712214968824564424140402524242323
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
15
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
10
NE
0
SSE
10
ENE
5
NW
15
NW
10
W
20
WNW
25
W
15
WSW
20
SW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
WSW
10
ENE
20
E
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glassoncross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffglassononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:24PM
1.47
7:48AM
1.61
8:14PM
1.54
8:36AM
1.65
9:01PM
1.60
9:23AM
1.69
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:30AM
0.20
2:05PM
0.20
2:17AM
0.17
2:52PM
0.17
3:06AM
0.17
3:39PM
0.16
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---6:41-------6:43-------6:43----
Sunset-------8:08-------8:07-------8:06
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181614141922252322191616212526232015131215171718
Feels °C (?)18141212162025232217151315212217151091014151314
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