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Raneika Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Raneika Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Raneika Beach sea temperature is
20.6° C
 (Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Raneika Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Raneika Beach at 10AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 17). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Evening (17 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
0
1
2
1
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
1
S
1
S
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.2
ENE
1.9
E
2
E
1.8
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.1
SE
Period(s) (?)913121212111111111110108813121212121212121110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)28927718416926825024617216916616012213313315113122621540610561103913419253
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
WNW
5
W
10
SE
20
ESE
10
E
10
SW
10
WSW
5
W
10
WSW
10
SW
15
SE
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NNE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
NW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:13AM
1.44
6:32PM
1.33
6:59AM
1.47
7:19PM
1.37
7:44AM
1.50
8:07PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32PM
0.27
12:43AM
0.22
1:19PM
0.23
1:31AM
0.19
2:06PM
0.18
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise-6:39-------6:39-------6:41------
Sunset-----8:10-------8:08-------8:07--
clear
part cloud
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clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151517191919181717161819191917161515182022222119
Feels °C (?)131316181619171617151717171715151313161820222118
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