Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
21.6° C
(Which is 1.2°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 1AM is: 0.8m 9s primary swell from a North direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.8m 5s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s
Afternoon (20 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (20 Feb)3ft (0.9m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
N
1.6
NW
1.7
WNW
0.8
N
1.2
NW
1.3
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.2
NW
1.4
NW
0.9
NNW
0.9
W
0.8
W
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.5
NW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
Period(s) (?)10669666656655121281212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20216118110811212010497821336743342828312828272625242424
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
W
15
W
15
WNW
10
W
15
W
10
WNW
20
NW
20
W
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
5
NE
15
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NW
10
NW
10
W
10
W
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:14PM
1.69
9:36AM
1.82
9:58PM
1.73
10:18AM
1.84
10:44PM
1.76
11:02AM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:26AM
0.17
3:56PM
0.15
4:10AM
0.15
4:39PM
0.11
4:56AM
0.16
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:43-------6:45--
Sunset-8:04-------8:02-------8:00------
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222219191916182122231815141319201918181817151720
Feels °C (?)202018191915161919211714131118181717171716151517
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