Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Friday 10 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
17.1° 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 2AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)5ft (1.6m)10s
Afternoon (11 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (11 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
2
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
4
3
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.7
ENE
2.3
ENE
1.4
E
2
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.3
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
5
ENE
5.5
ENE
6.5
ENE
4.5
ENE
3.5
ENE
3
E
2
E
1.9
E
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)10101010101010121111118101011111212121110101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36936937838646347357314224519331071688149425465073736312003560331791898816725650517
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SW
0
SE
15
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
ENE
25
ENE
30
ENE
40
ENE
50
ENE
60
ENE
60
ENE
35
NE
40
W
25
W
10
WNW
10
NNW
25
N
25
N
20
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglasscrossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:53PM
1.34
12:16PM
1.24
12:39AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:15AM
0.34
6:26PM
0.34
7:01AM
0.33
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Sunrise----6:35-------6:37-------6:37---
Sunset------5:49-------5:47-------5:45-
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------131--15413------
Temp. °C141414151618171717171818191919202020202019212220
Feels °C (?)131314151717161616151515141210111614141717171817
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