Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 NZST
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Red Island surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Red Island sea temperature is
17.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Red Island today?

The current surf forecast for Red Island at 10PM is: 2.2m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)--
Afternoon (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)8s

Table - waves today at Red Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
ENE
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.4
ENE
2.5
ENE
3
NE
2.3
ENE
3
ENE
3
ENE
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)888888898999999999999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)666534644652781885112479112351151677600542474412380380339339380355370319313
Wind
(km/h)
25
NE
30
NE
30
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
N
5
WNW
10
SW
5
WNW
10
NE
15
ENE
5
SE
10
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
WSW
0
NW
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
glassglassglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
1.41
10:03AM
1.32
10:24PM
1.39
10:47AM
1.29
11:08PM
1.36
11:31AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:31PM
0.27
4:01AM
0.27
4:15PM
0.30
4:46AM
0.30
4:58PM
0.32
5:30AM
0.32
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise------6:33-------6:33-------6:35-
Sunset5:54-------5:53-------5:52-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----1-111---------------
Temp. °C171717171717171818191817171618201918171717161718
Feels °C (?)131313121313141516181717181619201819171617161818
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