Ocean Beach surf break

Ocean Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 23 Mar 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
17.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Ocean Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Ocean Beach at 7PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (23 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (23 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.2
ENE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101010101099915151414141313131312612121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2082131881601601101018165928512011610810299961091038781797887
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
15
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
5
NNW
0
NNW
5
NNE
15
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
25
ENE
25
NE
25
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:45AM
1.55
10:12PM
1.60
10:38AM
1.54
11:06PM
1.61
11:33AM
1.52
12:02AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:02PM
0.05
4:33AM
0.06
4:54PM
0.06
5:28AM
0.07
5:48PM
0.08
6:24AM
0.09
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise--------7:16-------7:18-------
Sunset---7:20-------7:17-------7:16----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
---------------------111
Temp. °C141515151514131314161616161615151516171717171616
Feels °C (?)141313131312121112131314141515161515141514141213
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