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Napier - Hardings Road surf break

Napier - Hardings Road surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Napier - Hardings Road surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Napier - Hardings Road sea temperature is
19.5° C
 (Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Napier - Hardings Road today?

The current surf forecast for Napier - Hardings Road at 3PM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (11 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)7s
Evening (11 Jan)0.5ft (0.1m)15s

Table - waves today at Napier - Hardings Road. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.1
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.9
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
2.3
NE
1
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
Period(s) (?)8151515151515888164444445677777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)444444465561011512111337131232529996244
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
30
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
WNW
15
W
15
W
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NNE
20
NE
30
E
35
ENE
20
N
10
NW
5
E
10
WNW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:48PM
1.61
1:16AM
1.58
1:38PM
1.56
2:09AM
1.56
2:27PM
1.53
3:00AM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
0.31
7:30AM
0.39
7:53PM
0.38
8:22AM
0.44
8:40PM
0.44
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-------5:58-------5:58-------6:00
Sunset---8:42-------8:40-------8:40----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C293333302624232321181817161616171921222723191715
Feels °C (?)272727252220182117141514131413151617172422191514
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