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Ocean Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 05 Feb 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Ocean Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Ocean Beach sea temperature is
20.3° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Ocean Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean Beach at 8AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (05 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

Table - waves today at Ocean Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
Period(s) (?)88881111111110101010101010101011111110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)35527824820119818818827226226421221020617313913310281787569886850
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
S
5
SE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
10
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
WSW
15
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassglassonononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcross-
on		cross-
off		offoffoffoffglasscross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
1.48
8:59AM
1.59
9:25PM
1.46
9:48AM
1.54
10:15PM
1.44
10:37AM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:46AM
0.07
3:21PM
0.08
3:38AM
0.10
4:10PM
0.11
4:28AM
0.15
4:57PM
0.15
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise---6:24-------6:26-------6:26----
Sunset-------8:24-------8:23-------8:22
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C151414151617171716151414182019191817161722252520
Feels °C (?)131313141515141514131313171817181816141621242320
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