Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 16 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
22.1° C
(Which is 1.6°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 9AM is: 2.0m 7s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)7s
Afternoon (16 Feb)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (16 Feb)5ft (1.6m)6s

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
Thu
19
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WNW
2.2
WNW
1.9
WNW
1.9
WNW
2.1
WNW
1.7
WNW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1
NW
0.9
NW
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNW
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.3
N
0.4
NNE
0.9
WNW
Period(s) (?)677766666661414141414121313131313114
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3084443283353512381571098268465899102703627831215857314129
Wind
(km/h)
30
WNW
25
W
20
W
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
W
5
W
5
W
10
WNW
10
W
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNW
5
N
5
E
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
10
SSE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassonononglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrossoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:46AM
1.59
6:58PM
1.52
7:31AM
1.66
7:45PM
1.58
8:13AM
1.72
8:30PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
0.44
1:12AM
0.30
1:46PM
0.36
1:58AM
0.25
2:31PM
0.28
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thu
19
Sunrise-6:39-------6:39-------6:41------
Sunset-----8:07-------8:06-------8:05--
light rain
mod rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
59----------------------
Temp. °C141516181920161617161820202017161616192123201817
Feels °C (?)91113131517151617161820192018161616192022211817
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