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Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 12 Jan 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 1.8°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 10AM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a North direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s
Afternoon (12 Jan)3ft (0.9m)5s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)14s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
NW
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.9
WNW
0.8
NW
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.3
NNW
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNE
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)514145514141413131413131313131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2937654433626158565432503484845329343271717110273
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
5
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
N
5
N
5
ENE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
1.53
2:30PM
1.56
3:08AM
1.49
3:19PM
1.50
4:01AM
1.48
4:11PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:19AM
0.44
8:49PM
0.35
9:10AM
0.50
9:37PM
0.39
10:03AM
0.53
10:27PM
0.41
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thu
15
Sunrise-6:00-------6:01-------6:01------
Sunset-----8:34-------8:34-------8:34--
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C181821232423191818182122222020191919202223222019
Feels °C (?)191820232523201819182121212021202020212224232120
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