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Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 20 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
20.8° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 3PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)2ft (0.6m)11s
Afternoon (20 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (20 Mar)1ft (0.3m)16s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
N
Period(s) (?)111016161616161515141414141414131313131316161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)714844444443434238373764625932565555555445444475
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
5
W
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
ENE
10
N
10
N
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
NE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		glassoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:22AM
1.82
8:49PM
1.78
9:07AM
1.86
9:35PM
1.84
9:53AM
1.88
10:23PM
1.87
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:42PM
0.11
3:01AM
0.14
3:27PM
0.05
3:48AM
0.12
4:13PM
0.02
4:37AM
0.12
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise--------7:11-------7:13-------
Sunset---7:22-------7:21-------7:19----
rain showers
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part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
1---------1-------------
Temp. °C172022191615141419201917161615141820191816161516
Feels °C (?)151821191413131319191817161615131819191816161516
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