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Ocean Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 NZDT
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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
19.5° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Ocean Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean Beach at 5PM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Afternoon (04 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)8s
Evening (04 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
S
2.1
S
2
SSE
1.7
SSE
1
S
1.5
SSE
1.4
SE
1.4
SE
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.6
S
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
Period(s) (?)88881388811111111101010101010101010111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)56758848434835527324021519818823127226226421221020616713913370799487
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
10
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
5
S
5
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
N
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
10
NNW
10
W
10
SW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassonononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:08AM
1.62
8:33PM
1.48
8:59AM
1.59
9:25PM
1.46
9:48AM
1.54
10:15PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:30PM
0.07
2:46AM
0.07
3:21PM
0.08
3:38AM
0.10
4:10PM
0.11
4:28AM
0.15
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-------6:24-------6:26-------6:26
Sunset---8:25-------8:24-------8:23----
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C161617161514141416171717161515131821191918171616
Feels °C (?)121213131313131415151415141314121819171918171515
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