Hawai River 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 37.92° S 177.53° E

Issued: 6 pm 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Hawai River sea temperature is

16.2°C

Hawai River surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Hawai River today (06 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 7s period with N swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 7s period with N swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.7m), 6s period with N swell.

The current surf forecast for Hawai River at 1AM is: 0.9m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	7s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	7s
Evening (06 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Heavy rain (total 34mm), heaviest during Sat morning. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
	Thu 5			Friday 6								Saturday 7								Sun 8
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 8	N 8
Wave Graph
kJ	94	94	94	74	74	59	57	57	43	41	40	52	51	49	74	94	141	254	392	358	329	337
Wind (km/h)	N	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW	NNE	NE	NNE	ENE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	glassy	glassy	glassy	glassy	on	on	on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on
High Tide		4:14PM1.70m				4:50AM1.60m				5:10PM1.68m				5:45AM1.64m				6:01PM1.68m				6:35AM1.68m
Low Tide				10:36PM0.25m				10:57AM0.33m				11:30PM0.23m				11:52AM0.33m				00:20AM0.21m


	—	—	—	—	5:58	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:56	—
	—	7:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:49	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:50	—	—	—	7:51
mm	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	10	6	2	2	3	2	2	1
Temp °C	19	17	16	17	17	17	19	20	20	18	17	17	18	18	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	16
Feels °C	19	18	17	18	18	18	20	20	20	19	18	17	19	18	17	18	16	16	16	15	16	16
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 7	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 6	N 7	NNW 14	NNW 14	N 8	N 8
kJ	94	94	94	74	74	59	57	57	43	41	40	52	51	49	74	94	141	254	70	37	329	337
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NNW 11	NNW 11	N 11	N 11	N 10	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	N 16	NNW 16	NNW 15	N 15	N 11	N 11	N 15	NNW 15	N 12	N 16	N 14	N 13
kJ	12	12	9	9	9	21	21	20	20	20	20	48	44	17	9	9	17	42	3	20	14	14
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 18	N 17	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 10	N 15	N 15	N 11	N 11	—	N 12	N 16	N 16
kJ	6	25	6	6	23	8	8	8	2	8	8	8	2	8	17	4	2	2	—	3	20	20
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	N 7	N 7	—	—
kJ	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	392	358	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Waiapu River East Cape	Torere Beach East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Hawai River East Cape	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Tokomaru Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Papatea Bay East Cape	Matata Bay of Plenty	Maraenui East Cape	Kaiaua Bay East Cape	Loisell's East Cape	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Waiapu River East Cape	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Midway Beach - Gizzy Pipe Gisborne and Mahia	Matata Bay of Plenty	Ohiwa-Port Ohope Bay of Plenty
Rating (10 max)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Distance (km)	85	5	0	0	0	0	73	93	73	40	40	68	2	82	89	93	85	93	93	93	68	35
Best forecast wave conditions in East Cape	Waiapu River	Waiapu River	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's		Tolaga Bay	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's	Loisell's		Waiapu River				Loisell's	Loisell's
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	2	1	1	1		1	2	2	2	1	2	2		1				2	2
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Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	6	6	7	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	5

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