Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 17 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
21.1° C
(Which is 1.3°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 7AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 17). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Mar)1ft (0.3m)11s
Afternoon (17 Mar)1ft (0.3m)11s
Evening (17 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)18s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
NE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.6
NE
0.9
NE
1.1
NE
Period(s) (?)12121212111111111818181710111010101617181881011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28282525222121292525242325292827262152252448163303
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
E
5
SE
5
SE
0
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNE
5
E
5
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
0
SE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NNE
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SSE
5
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
off
offglassononcross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:07AM
1.59
6:27PM
1.53
6:53AM
1.67
7:16PM
1.61
7:38AM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:47PM
0.38
12:23PM
0.39
12:37AM
0.32
1:11PM
0.29
1:26AM
0.25
1:57PM
0.19
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Sunrise----7:07-------7:09-------7:09---
Sunset-------7:27-------7:24-------7:23
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------------------1421
Temp. °C151515141920201816161515182021181616161718171818
Feels °C (?)151515142019191816171515192020181615151618151516
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