Mohaka River Mouth surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Tuesday 20 Jan 2026 NZDT
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Mohaka River Mouth surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Mohaka River Mouth sea temperature is
20.1° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Mohaka River Mouth today?

The current surf forecast for Mohaka River Mouth at 3AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 20). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)7s
Afternoon (20 Jan)5ft (1.5m)7s
Evening (20 Jan)5ft (1.5m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
4
E
3.5
E
Period(s) (?)88877777777771415141414141413121011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24624023429430226523624223722524521521420327526826425318417912110531242883
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
30
ENE
35
ENE
25
NE
10
N
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36AM
1.49
7:54PM
1.37
8:19AM
1.51
8:39PM
1.38
9:02AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20AM
0.25
1:57PM
0.27
2:06AM
0.23
2:42PM
0.24
2:50AM
0.21
3:26PM
0.22
Tuesday
20
Wednesday
21
Thursday
22
Sunrise---6:05-------6:07-------6:09----
Sunset-------8:36-------8:35-------8:35
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
1111-1----11----133714103-
Temp. °C161616161618181716161516161719181716171717192021
Feels °C (?)141414141315151414141415141516161614151412172224
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