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Napier - Hardings Road surf break

Napier - Hardings Road surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 07 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
19.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°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 1AM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Evening (08 Jan)1ft (0.3m)6s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
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 (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
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
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
Period(s) (?)777776666666666666777776
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26242322141312127777773633444443
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
ENE
0
SW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
10
ENE
0
NW
5
NNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
5
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		offoffcrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:57PM
1.71
10:18AM
1.80
10:46PM
1.67
11:08AM
1.73
11:34PM
1.63
11:58AM
1.66
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:50PM
0.10
4:02AM
0.12
4:41PM
0.13
4:55AM
0.18
5:30PM
0.18
5:46AM
0.25
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-----5:54-------5:54-------5:56--
Sunset-8:42-------8:42-------8:42------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201919171615181818181716151824303128232118182529
Feels °C (?)181820171514181616171816141622262728211917162428
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