Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 05 Jan 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 1.5°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: 0.3m 17s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Jan)1ft (0.3m)15s
Afternoon (06 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (06 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
Period(s) (?)161616171717151515151616151515141414141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)204646505252407172737575721061041021001461469796938987
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
10
NNE
5
N
5
ENE
5
SE
5
SE
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
0
N
5
SE
0
ESE
0
S
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
N
5
E
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
S
5
W
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
onononcross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosson
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:05PM
1.82
9:39AM
1.97
9:58PM
1.79
10:29AM
1.94
10:51PM
1.75
11:18AM
1.89
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:21AM
0.00
3:58PM
0.11
4:13AM
0.03
4:50PM
0.12
5:03AM
0.09
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise-----5:54-------5:54-------5:56--
Sunset-8:35-------8:35-------8:35------
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------2-----
Temp. °C201817171617202021201817171820222221171716162122
Feels °C (?)191818181718212021212018192021222221171816172123
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