Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 17 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 1.8°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 11AM is: 0.7m 9s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Afternoon (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNE
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
Period(s) (?)109999810109999161616161615151515151515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)256481797969556561614126464645454540686767676767
Wind
(km/h)
0
SE
5
ESE
5
N
0
WNW
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:32AM
1.56
6:41PM
1.50
7:19AM
1.60
7:27PM
1.53
8:02AM
1.65
8:12PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:41PM
0.50
12:57AM
0.34
1:29PM
0.45
1:43AM
0.29
2:16PM
0.40
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-6:05-------6:05-------6:07------
Sunset-----8:32-------8:31-------8:31--
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181721212118161615151820211817161616182121181616
Feels °C (?)201822232116141312121618181515141414161918151414
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