Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 18 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
22.0° 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 1AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (19 Feb)5ft (1.5m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NNW
0.3
N
1.2
WNW
0.5
N
1
N
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1
N
1
N
1.5
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
1.4
NW
0.9
NNW
1
WNW
0.7
W
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.6
NW
Period(s) (?)1313511121211101010666666566658128
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)573159662893903322472021981641321051121099174110657029222839
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
W
10
W
10
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
W
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
5
NNE
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:30PM
1.63
8:55AM
1.78
9:14PM
1.69
9:36AM
1.82
9:58PM
1.73
10:18AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:42AM
0.20
3:14PM
0.21
3:26AM
0.17
3:56PM
0.15
4:10AM
0.15
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:43-------6:43--
Sunset-8:05-------8:04-------8:02------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222118161514172022221917191819222222181615141920
Feels °C (?)202118151513161819201817191817202021171514131919
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