Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 03 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 1.3°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 8PM is: 1.2m 6s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 03). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (03 Feb)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (03 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NNW
1.3
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.4
NNW
0.4
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)666666666121812171616161616151515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15612110010799109896447509950911371351348177116113110109109106
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
15
NNW
20
WNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
15
W
10
W
5
SSW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
WNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
E
0
SE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffglassononglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29AM
1.90
8:49PM
1.77
9:18AM
1.91
9:39PM
1.77
10:05AM
1.89
10:28PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:48PM
0.14
3:03AM
0.06
3:37PM
0.12
3:51AM
0.08
4:24PM
0.11
4:38AM
0.13
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-------6:24-------6:26-------6:26
Sunset---8:21-------8:21-------8:20----
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
2221--------------------
Temp. °C222422191917161718202119151413121821222016151616
Feels °C (?)252622201816161818182018131211101720202017151717
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