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Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 18 Mar 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
20.9° C
 (Which is 1.1°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 5PM is: 0.4m 10s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)17s
Afternoon (18 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Evening (18 Mar)0.5ft (0.2m)16s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.4
NE
0.2
N
0.2
N
0.3
N
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.8
NE
1
NE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.5
NE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.3
N
Period(s) (?)11111010161617889111111111191010101616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3029282720215236391012242111387838315982484444434342
Wind
(km/h)
0
ENE
10
W
10
WNW
5
N
10
SE
10
S
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscrosscross-
on		glassoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:16PM
1.61
7:38AM
1.75
8:03PM
1.70
8:22AM
1.82
8:49PM
1.78
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:11PM
0.29
1:26AM
0.25
1:57PM
0.19
2:13AM
0.19
2:42PM
0.11
3:01AM
0.14
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise--------7:09-------7:11-------
Sunset---7:24-------7:23-------7:22----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------11-------------
Temp. °C182121181616161719181718181817171819222016161514
Feels °C (?)182020181615151517161515151514151617191914141413
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