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Napier - Hardings Road surf break

Napier - Hardings Road surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 13 Feb 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
20.5° C
 (Which is 1.5°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 1PM is: 0.7m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 13). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)5s
Afternoon (13 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s
Evening (13 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)7s

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

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Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
1
ENE
0.7
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.6
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1
E
1.3
E
0.8
NW
Period(s) (?)56566676666777899911111111124
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)53845533112147209685239414447374299991063423943480016
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NNE
15
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
WSW
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
15
S
10
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
35
SW
35
SW
40
SW
30
W
30
W
20
W
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		ononcross-
on		onononglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
1.52
3:19PM
1.43
3:52AM
1.50
4:06PM
1.40
4:36AM
1.50
4:54PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:19AM
0.48
9:31PM
0.45
10:06AM
0.46
10:20PM
0.42
10:52AM
0.41
11:09PM
0.37
Friday
13
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Mon
16
Sunrise-6:35-------6:35-------6:37------
Sunset-----8:15-------8:15-------8:14--
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
-----1------11--1----179
Temp. °C171819222323222120201918181717161515151416131214
Feels °C (?)1818172124242324222218171816161310886107811
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