Raneika Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 19 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 3AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.6m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
0
2
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.4
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ESE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.9
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)13121212111210101110101010999999998811
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)15113122621519756927423918320916013012590888886866462619589286
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
W
10
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NE
10
NE
10
ENE
5
N
15
NW
10
W
15
WNW
25
W
15
W
20
WSW
30
W
25
SW
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
15
ENE
20
ENE
25
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19PM
1.37
7:44AM
1.50
8:07PM
1.41
8:31AM
1.52
8:54PM
1.45
9:18AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
0.19
2:06PM
0.18
2:19AM
0.16
2:52PM
0.15
3:08AM
0.14
3:39PM
0.12
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise---6:41-------6:41-------6:43----
Sunset-------8:07-------8:07-------8:05
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191716151821232221191817202425231815141315161717
Feels °C (?)191615131519222221171713142021171310101014131312
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