Napier - Hardings Road surf break

Napier - Hardings Road surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 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
17.0° C
(Which is 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 12PM is: 0.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00am April 20). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)7s
Afternoon (20 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Evening (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
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 (?)
0.9
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.4
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.8
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
0.4
E
0.1
NE
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)77777998889811111212121111111110910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)96413736255756504950392061606598988700035332
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
WSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SE
5
SE
10
S
15
SW
25
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
35
SW
45
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffglasscrosscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36AM
1.79
8:01PM
1.91
8:32AM
1.79
8:54PM
1.91
9:29AM
1.76
9:50PM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:24AM
0.13
1:47PM
0.12
2:21AM
0.11
2:41PM
0.11
3:19AM
0.09
3:38PM
0.10
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thu
23
Sunrise--6:45-------6:46-------6:47-----
Sunset----5:37-------5:35-------5:34---
clear
part cloud
light rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--110---1107748383--1-1---
Temp. °C1513141315141413121313131212111111101111101099
Feels °C (?)13111312141313107976343344444434
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