Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 29 Nov 2025 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
19.7° C
(Which is 2.5°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 1PM is: 0.5m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction, 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Nov)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Afternoon (29 Nov)1ft (0.3m)13s
Evening (29 Nov)3ft (0.9m)5s

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

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Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tue
02
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.3
NNW
0.8
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NE
1
NNW
1.1
NW
0.9
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.8
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NNW
0.9
NW
Period(s) (?)1091010135559912121212121056655766
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)454344443434513623215146444646295672533637686451
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
S
10
W
15
WNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
WNW
5
SSE
5
ESE
0
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NW
15
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
WNW
5
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscrosscross-
on
ononglassglassglassglassonononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
ononcross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:26AM
1.46
1:52PM
1.62
2:22AM
1.49
2:45PM
1.64
3:22AM
1.54
3:41PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:36AM
0.38
8:18PM
0.35
8:30AM
0.38
9:11PM
0.29
9:28AM
0.36
10:06PM
0.22
Saturday
29
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tue
02
Sunrise-5:41-------5:41-------5:41------
Sunset-----8:13-------8:14-------8:15--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------12111------
Temp. °C171721232322181716162021201918191919222222211916
Feels °C (?)181820202222181716161919201918192121232222222016
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