Napier - Hardings Road surf break

Napier - Hardings Road surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Wednesday 10 Sep 2025 NZST
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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
12.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


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

The current surf forecast for Napier - Hardings Road at 9AM is: 0.4m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 10). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Sep)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (10 Sep)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Evening (10 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s

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

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Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sat
13
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)11111212111010101012111110101010101010101010107
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3225465058521046973734436353420262020211919221323
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
N
15
NNW
15
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
35
WSW
35
W
35
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
S
15
ENE
15
ENE
5
NNE
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNE
10
NE
10
SW
25
SW
30
WSW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:09AM
1.69
7:34PM
1.78
8:01AM
1.77
8:26PM
1.80
8:51AM
1.83
9:20PM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:59AM
0.09
1:16PM
0.07
1:50AM
0.07
2:11PM
0.08
2:40AM
0.07
3:07PM
0.09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Sat
13
Sunrise--6:22-------6:20-------6:18-----
Sunset----5:57-------5:58-------5:59---
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------1133--
Temp. °C10131519181511910911131412111077788888
Feels °C (?)69111412104113691186734455323
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Hawkes Bay

  1. weather stationWind Update Cross-on wind has become light (light winds from the NNE at Te Awa wx 3 km from Napier - Hardings Road). 0.3m 12s groundswell from the E with a 0.3m 4s local chop from the N. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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NNE
Clean
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