Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 10 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
21.4° 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 11PM is: 1.0m 5s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a North direction, 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)12s
Evening (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
N
0.4
N
1
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.8
WNW
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.9
NW
0.9
NW
0.9
WNW
0.4
N
0.9
WNW
0.8
NW
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.3
N
0.4
N
Period(s) (?)1212555121211121414555145514141413131413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)474656413225252324353343434265393362616156543250
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
0
NNW
0
WSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
NW
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
E
5
NNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:25AM
1.57
1:41PM
1.63
2:16AM
1.53
2:30PM
1.56
3:08AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:29AM
0.36
8:02PM
0.30
8:19AM
0.44
8:49PM
0.35
9:10AM
0.50
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-----5:58-------6:00-------6:01--
Sunset-8:35-------8:35-------8:34------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262522201918222324232220191922232322181817182122
Feels °C (?)262723201817212224242320201921232322181817182121
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