Awatoto Rivermouth surf break

Awatoto Rivermouth surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Saturday 23 May 2026 NZST
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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
14.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Awatoto Rivermouth today?

The current surf forecast for Awatoto Rivermouth at 8PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am May 23). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 May)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (23 May)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (23 May)1ft (0.3m)10s

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


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Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 15°C on Sat morning, min 10°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Sat
23
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tue
26
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
9 AM
12 PM
3 PM
6 PM
9 PM
12 AM
3 AM
6 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ENE
12
0.3
ENE
11
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
9
0.4
E
9
0.3
E
11
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
SE
19
0.4
SE
18
0.4
SE
17
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
SE
13
0.4
SE
13
0.4
SE
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
26
22
20
20
18
17
27
23
62
55
54
53
53
54
35
34
33
90
87
104
33
46
44
43
Wind (km/h)
10
W
5
SSW
10
ESE
10
SSE
10
W
15
SW
15
SSE
10
S
5
S
10
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
5
N
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
NE
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
W
10
W
10
W
10
W
off
glassy
cross-on
cross
off
off
cross
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
glassy
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
on
on
cross-on
cross-off
off
cross-off
off
High Tide
11:02AM1.66m
11:31PM1.73m
11:58AM1.59m
00:26AM1.66m
12:55PM1.54m
1:19AM1.59m
Low Tide
5:14PM0.09m
5:53AM0.09m
6:10PM0.15m
6:46AM0.13m
7:05PM0.22m
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
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7:15
7:16
7:16
7:18
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
5:00
5:00
5:00
4:59
1
1
Temp °C
12
15
15
14
13
12
12
12
12
13
13
12
12
11
11
10
10
12
12
13
12
11
10
10
9
13
12
13
11
10
9
10
11
11
10
10
11
10
10
8
8
10
9
11
10
8
7
7
Swell 1
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.3
ENE
12
0.3
ENE
11
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
9
0.4
E
9
0.3
ENE
9
0.5
E
11
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.5
E
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
SE
17
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
0.4
ENE
10
Energy kJ
26
22
20
20
18
17
27
16
62
55
54
53
53
54
35
34
33
33
33
104
33
33
33
34
Swell 2
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
ENE
4
0.1
NE
4
0.1
NE
4
0.1
SE
8
0.1
SE
11
0.2
E
12
0.2
E
12
0.3
E
11
0.4
SE
4
0.5
SE
4
0.4
ESE
4
0.4
SE
4
0.4
SE
4
0.4
SE
4
0.4
SE
4
0.3
ESE
4
0.3
SSE
19
0.4
SE
19
0.4
SE
18
0.4
ENE
10
0.3
ENE
4
0.4
ENE
4
0.4
SE
13
0.4
SE
13
Energy kJ
2
1
1
3
5
12
12
23
7
10
8
5
5
5
4
3
69
90
87
33
3
5
44
43
Swell 3
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
9
0.1
SE
11
0.1
E
14
0.1
SE
10
0.1
S
11
0.1
S
18
0.1
S
18
0.2
SSE
17
0.2
SSE
17
0.2
SSE
17
0.2
SSE
18
0.2
SSE
18
0.3
SSE
18
0.3
SSE
18
0.2
E
4
0.1
E
13
0.3
SSE
14
0.4
SE
13
0.3
ENE
4
0.2
ENE
4
Energy kJ
3
3
3
5
4
4
2
6
6
29
29
29
30
31
63
64
1
3
37
46
3
2
Wind waves
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.2
S
3
0.3
S
3
0.6
SSE
4
0.3
SE
4
0.9
SSE
5
0.4
ENE
3
0.5
NE
4
Energy kJ
1
2
16
3
34
4
7
Nearest Offshore or Glassy
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
4
1
1
1
1
1
Distance (km)
17
17
37
17
17
17
55
17
0
4
99
23
0
0
17
17
17
39
91
17
2
0
0
0
Best forecast wave conditions in Hawkes Bay
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand
Rating
(10 max)
8
4
4
6
7
8
7
6
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
5
4
4
Header Global
Rating
(10 max)
8
5
5
6
7
8
7
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
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