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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 18 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 1.2°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 6PM is: 0.2m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 18). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (18 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)6s
Evening (18 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)9s

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

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Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
ENE
0.3
ENE
1.1
SE
0.1
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
0.5
E
1.9
SE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
2
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.3
E
1.7
ESE
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)886999987787887887888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)61369286131300370000000000000
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:18PM
1.43
6:47AM
1.56
7:06PM
1.43
7:33AM
1.57
7:55PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:17PM
0.43
12:32AM
0.38
1:03PM
0.38
1:15AM
0.33
1:50PM
0.32
1:58AM
0.29
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise-------6:05-------6:07-------6:07
Sunset---8:38-------8:38-------8:37----
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light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-1111111111111--1-------
Temp. °C161616161616161617171717171716161717171616161616
Feels °C (?)111211111111121213131313141312121312121212131413
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