Ocean Beach surf break

Ocean Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Monday 08 Sep 2025 NZST
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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
12.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Ocean Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean Beach at 2AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (09 Sep)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (09 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

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Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
1.7
SW
2.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)1010101010101010131111111111111010101089999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)6505444083603713664183634333062552582291861972112301661465131475603426426
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
0
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NNW
15
NNE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
WNW
20
W
25
WNW
35
W
45
W
35
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
15
SSE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:09AM
1.46
6:35PM
1.57
7:02AM
1.52
7:27PM
1.59
7:54AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04AM
0.12
12:22PM
0.09
12:55AM
0.07
1:16PM
0.05
1:46AM
0.03
2:11PM
0.03
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Sunrise----6:22-------6:20-------6:20---
Sunset------5:55-------5:55-------5:57-
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------11-------
Temp. °C987681011108881215171812101010911131210
Feels °C (?)664356764447111313720124786
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Hawkes Bay

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Ocean Beach (light winds from the SW at Te Mata Peak 10 km from Ocean Beach). 1.6m 10s swell from the S to make surfable waves.

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1 h 9 min ago

13 km/h
SW
Cross-Off
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