Raneika Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 25 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
19.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Raneika Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Raneika Beach at 8AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.0m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Afternoon (25 Feb)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (25 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
1.7
S
1.4
SSW
1
S
0.7
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.2
S
1.3
SSE
1.4
SE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
1
SSE
Period(s) (?)77771010810101091010101091010999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)475303188106102131200339384264217226192157145113120837856484833158
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
5
S
10
ENE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
15
NE
15
ENE
10
E
10
SSE
5
S
5
SW
10
SSW
15
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcrosscrossglasscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:19AM
1.56
12:44PM
1.50
1:15AM
1.56
1:42PM
1.48
2:13AM
1.56
2:40PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:38AM
0.13
7:01PM
0.11
7:35AM
0.14
7:56PM
0.12
8:33AM
0.15
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise---6:48-------6:48-------6:50----
Sunset-------8:00-------7:58-------7:57
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
----------------------11
Temp. °C151413131415161616161515182221201919191818181817
Feels °C (?)111110111313131213151414172019201920201816151514
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