Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 24 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
21.4° 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 7PM is: 0.2m 13s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)10s
Afternoon (24 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)11s
Evening (24 Feb)0.5ft (0.2m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
NNE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
NNE
0.2
N
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.2
NNE
0.2
NNE
Period(s) (?)10111113131312121212121211121212131210101091211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9910131313121212121211111111111615141515141312
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
0
SSW
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
0
NW
0
NE
0
SSE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffoffglassonononglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:39PM
1.76
1:15AM
1.73
1:34PM
1.71
2:14AM
1.70
2:34PM
1.65
3:17AM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:01PM
0.14
7:28AM
0.28
7:56PM
0.19
8:28AM
0.33
8:55PM
0.22
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-------6:48-------6:50-------6:50
Sunset---7:57-------7:55-------7:54----
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C182021211716151419222119171717171819201918181818
Feels °C (?)182021221615141318212019181718181919202020202020
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