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Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 14 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
21.7° C
 (Which is 1.9°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 5AM is: 0.3m 13s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 14). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Jan)1ft (0.3m)12s
Afternoon (14 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (14 Jan)2ft (0.6m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.3
NNE
0.3
NNW
0.5
N
0.4
NNE
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.4
NE
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNE
0.7
N
0.8
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.7
NNW
0.3
N
0.6
NNE
0.7
NNE
0.9
NNE
0.9
NNE
Period(s) (?)13131313121212121212111212115511115116788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8453293430715671102733329262423294040242225428385
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
10
N
15
N
10
N
5
ENE
5
E
10
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		oncrosscross-
off		crosscrossglassoncross-
on		onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:01AM
1.48
4:11PM
1.47
4:53AM
1.49
5:02PM
1.46
5:44AM
1.52
5:53PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:37PM
0.39
10:03AM
0.53
10:27PM
0.41
10:56AM
0.54
11:18PM
0.40
11:49AM
0.53
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Sunrise---6:01-------6:03-------6:03----
Sunset-------8:34-------8:34-------8:32
cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-111111-11112345311322--
Temp. °C181919192122222220202019212121191819201921222322
Feels °C (?)172020202222222321212120222121201920212023232323
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