Raneika Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
16.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Raneika Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Raneika Beach at 4PM is: 4.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)15ft (4.5m)11s
Afternoon (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)10s

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


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Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
4
SSE
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
1.8
SE
1.7
ESE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
SE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)11101010101110101010101099999998881313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48344198353830162767127510288286505434714414043202762211861651327863828684
Wind
(km/h)
45
S
45
S
45
S
35
S
35
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
W
10
W
10
WSW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglassglassoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
1.58
9:51PM
1.70
10:20AM
1.55
10:48PM
1.67
11:17AM
1.51
11:46PM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:38PM
0.02
4:16AM
0.03
4:34PM
0.05
5:13AM
0.06
5:31PM
0.08
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Saturday
25
Sunrise6:46-------6:47-------6:48-------
Sunset--5:32-------5:31-------5:30-----
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1-12--1-1--------------
Temp. °C13131311111110910121313121111111113131312111010
Feels °C (?)3343345468899889812121211877
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