Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 14 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 slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Hawai River today?

The current surf forecast for Hawai River at 8PM is: 1.0m 8s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (14 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (14 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
NNW
1.1
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
NNW
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.8
NNW
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
N
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)9998141481413131313131313121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)180180176147153150809389895858575755504928282828282525
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
NNE
5
N
5
ESE
5
ESE
0
N
0
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
5
N
0
NNE
0
SSE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoncross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:43PM
1.40
4:24AM
1.48
4:40PM
1.41
5:17AM
1.52
5:35PM
1.46
6:07AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:38AM
0.56
9:58PM
0.46
10:36AM
0.54
10:53PM
0.43
11:31AM
0.48
11:47PM
0.38
Saturday
14
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise--------7:05-------7:07-------
Sunset---7:30-------7:30-------7:28----
rain showers
thunderstorm
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2112211--------1-1------
Temp. °C212422191717161517212219151415161718181818161614
Feels °C (?)242723191717151416202119151315171718171819171714
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