Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 25 Dec 2025 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
20.0° C
(Which is 1.2°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 11PM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 6s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Dec)--
Afternoon (25 Dec)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (25 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.6
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
1.1
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.3
NW
1.6
NNW
1.6
NNW
1.4
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.2
NNW
1.1
NNW
1
N
1.3
N
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
Period(s) (?)1313131313131313131366777777888777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12356561211251278483838484179155244240173132147138118191159152127
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
5
N
5
ENE
5
NE
5
ENE
5
NW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
10
W
10
WNW
5
WSW
0
SW
5
WNW
0
WNW
5
NNW
0
ENE
5
S
5
W
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglasscrossglassglassononononcross-
on
ononcrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:25PM
1.54
11:51AM
1.70
12:11AM
1.54
12:34PM
1.70
1:02AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:37AM
0.29
6:15PM
0.31
6:22AM
0.31
7:00PM
0.29
7:10AM
0.33
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Sunrise-----5:46-------5:46-------5:47--
Sunset-8:32-------8:32-------8:34------
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------14417428341-14---
Temp. °C201917171818202121191920201918161516151515161921
Feels °C (?)191918181919202021191920192018171616161616161820
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