Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 18 Feb 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
22.0° 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 5AM is: 0.3m 12s primary swell from a North direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (18 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (18 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NNW
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.9
WNW
1.3
WNW
1.1
WNW
1
NNE
1.2
N
1.2
N
1.1
N
1
N
1.7
WNW
0.9
N
0.8
N
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.3
WNW
1.6
WNW
Period(s) (?)1414121313131345512121110106109678866
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)70362783845857288766298390332252202223170120147163201191108184
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
WSW
15
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
20
NW
20
W
15
W
15
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:45PM
1.58
8:13AM
1.72
8:30PM
1.63
8:55AM
1.78
9:14PM
1.69
9:36AM
1.82
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:58AM
0.25
2:31PM
0.28
2:42AM
0.20
3:14PM
0.21
3:26AM
0.17
3:56PM
0.15
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise---6:41-------6:41-------6:43----
Sunset-------8:05-------8:04-------8:02
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171617162021222118161514172022231919181517212323
Feels °C (?)171617161919202017151413161919221819171415202121
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