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Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 19 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
21.6° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 7AM is: 0.7m 8s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jan)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)15s
Evening (19 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
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
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
N
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
0.7
NE
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.7
NE
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.4
N
0.7
NE
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.8
NE
0.8
NE
0.9
NE
0.9
NE
Period(s) (?)1688815159151515148813814148999989
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45465368686773676767646767566668696973769391105110
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
E
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:27PM
1.53
8:02AM
1.65
8:12PM
1.56
8:44AM
1.70
8:55PM
1.59
9:24AM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:43AM
0.29
2:16PM
0.40
2:27AM
0.25
3:00PM
0.35
3:09AM
0.22
3:42PM
0.30
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Sunrise---6:07-------6:07-------6:09----
Sunset-------8:31-------8:31-------8:30
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171718181819191919181817181819181818181820222120
Feels °C (?)151517161718171819171817171920181818181819222019
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