Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 27 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
21.4° 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 8PM is: 0.4m 14s primary swell from a North-northwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)15s
Afternoon (27 Jan)1ft (0.3m)15s
Evening (27 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
N
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.5
N
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.4
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NNW
0.3
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)151514141313131313131312121212121212121111111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1097141645858895834583149494848282828272524241937
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
5
NW
10
NW
5
NW
0
SE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
N
10
NW
10
N
10
NNE
5
ENE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
W
10
WNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
ENE
5
SE
10
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:51PM
1.71
2:31AM
1.66
2:49PM
1.68
3:34AM
1.68
3:52PM
1.67
4:38AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:43AM
0.31
8:16PM
0.19
8:42AM
0.34
9:13PM
0.20
9:44AM
0.35
10:14PM
0.19
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sunrise-------6:16-------6:18-------6:18
Sunset---8:27-------8:27-------8:25----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181921201816151621222120181616162021222117171615
Feels °C (?)181820201916141621212120191717172020212218181614
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