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Raneika Beach surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 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
20.7° C
 (Which is 2.0°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 2PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (05 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (05 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)11s

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

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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
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)
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
ENE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
NE
0.5
NE
0.4
NE
Period(s) (?)8811111111101010101010101010111111101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)248201198188188272262264212210206167139133102849690856764484834
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
15
E
15
E
10
NE
10
N
10
W
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
5
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		glassonononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		ononcross-
on		crossoffoffoffoffglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:01AM
1.61
9:27PM
1.48
9:51AM
1.56
10:17PM
1.46
10:39AM
1.51
11:06PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:49AM
0.07
3:24PM
0.08
3:40AM
0.10
4:13PM
0.11
4:31AM
0.15
5:00PM
0.15
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:24-------6:26-------6:26------
Sunset-----8:24-------8:23-------8:22--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141415161717161615141719191919181717212424232121
Feels °C (?)121314141515141414131617171819171516202323222020
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