Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 24 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Hawai River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hawai River sea temperature is
21.4° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hawai River today?

The current surf forecast for Hawai River at 9PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (24 Jan)10ft (3.0m)8s
Evening (24 Jan)8ft (2.5m)9s

Table - waves today at Hawai River. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
NW
3
NW
3
NW
3
NW
2.5
NW
2.3
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.1
NW
2.4
NW
2.5
NW
2.5
NW
2.4
NW
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)8889988777888877777666614
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)90910291249121896571152545944760473477671052539629622117613812010010680107
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
30
WNW
30
WNW
25
W
25
W
20
W
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscrossglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25AM
1.78
11:51PM
1.64
12:10PM
1.76
12:40AM
1.65
12:58PM
1.74
1:33AM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:49PM
0.20
6:01AM
0.24
6:34PM
0.19
6:50AM
0.28
7:23PM
0.19
Saturday
24
Sunday
25
Monday
26
Tuesday
27
Sunrise-------6:13-------6:15-------6:16
Sunset---8:29-------8:29-------8:28----
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
rain showers
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1221--112211----1-1121--
Temp. °C161617171615151516171919171616151818191918171616
Feels °C (?)101112131211121212131515131314131617181919181716
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