Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 16 Mar 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
20.9° C
(Which is 1.0°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: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 16). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Afternoon (16 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s
Evening (16 Mar)1ft (0.3m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
NE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.3
NE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.3
N
0.2
N
Period(s) (?)12121212121212121111119181818171711161610101718
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)492828282828252522212112252524232221212126365225
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
ESE
10
SE
0
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
off
glassononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:35PM
1.46
6:07AM
1.59
6:27PM
1.53
6:53AM
1.67
7:16PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:31AM
0.48
11:47PM
0.38
12:23PM
0.39
12:37AM
0.32
1:11PM
0.29
1:26AM
0.25
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise--------7:07-------7:09-------
Sunset---7:28-------7:27-------7:24----
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819181515161519212018161515141820201815151515
Feels °C (?)181718191515161519211917161515141920201815141414
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