Hawai River surf break

Hawai River surfForecast / East Cape / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 17 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
21.7° C
(Which is 1.8°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 1AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a North direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Jan)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (18 Jan)1ft (0.3m)16s
Evening (18 Jan)2ft (0.6m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.5
N
0.6
N
0.6
N
0.5
N
0.5
N
0.4
NE
0.3
N
0.6
NNE
0.6
NE
0.3
N
0.3
N
0.6
NE
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
0.4
N
Period(s) (?)9810109109916991616815151515151514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)796955656144412746545045454168676767676761575656
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
5
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
1.60
7:27PM
1.53
8:02AM
1.65
8:12PM
1.56
8:44AM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:57AM
0.34
1:29PM
0.45
1:43AM
0.29
2:16PM
0.40
2:27AM
0.25
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise-----6:05-------6:07-------6:07--
Sunset-8:32-------8:31-------8:31------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C211916161515171921191717171718212119171616161820
Feels °C (?)201713131212151718171515151515181917151414141519
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