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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 Wednesday 21 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
19.4° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 7PM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 21). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)7s
Afternoon (21 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)7s
Evening (21 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
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
!
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.9
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
E
4.5
ENE
2.4
E
2.2
E
2
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1.1
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
NNW
0.4
NW
0.4
NW
Period(s) (?)777788891011111111101010101091212223
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15415721226241659978511024245130211099157275534080002052626122
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
25
NE
30
ENE
35
ENE
40
ENE
45
ENE
35
ENE
20
ENE
10
WNW
0
WNW
10
E
25
WSW
15
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
15
ENE
25
WNW
30
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on		ononcross-
off		glasscross-
on		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:18AM
1.58
8:43PM
1.47
9:03AM
1.60
9:28PM
1.51
9:49AM
1.62
10:12PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:36PM
0.26
2:43AM
0.25
3:22PM
0.23
3:30AM
0.23
4:06PM
0.21
4:19AM
0.23
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Friday
23
Saturday
24
Sunrise-------6:09-------6:09-------6:11
Sunset---8:37-------8:37-------8:36----
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
26898121231---------------
Temp. °C171616161717181919222423211918182123262319181716
Feels °C (?)131211111111141820242520201817172021221816151212
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