Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Friday 09 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
20.8° C
(Which is 1.4°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 4AM is: 0.4m 13s primary swell from a North direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Afternoon (09 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s
Evening (09 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
1.3
WNW
1.4
WNW
1.2
WNW
0.9
WNW
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.8
WNW
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)1313131313131356661212121212125121212121214
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5552535353525293124944526264747464528252525242435
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
5
E
5
E
0
S
10
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSW
10
W
10
W
5
N
5
WNW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
NW
10
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42PM
1.69
12:06PM
1.81
12:34AM
1.63
12:54PM
1.72
1:25AM
1.57
1:41PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:52AM
0.17
6:28PM
0.19
6:40AM
0.27
7:15PM
0.25
7:29AM
0.36
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise---5:56-------5:58-------5:58----
Sunset-------8:35-------8:35-------8:35
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181717172125262622191819232527262320191922242523
Feels °C (?)191818192024262723191820232528282420191922242524
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