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Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Monday 20 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
16.2° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Red Island today?

The current surf forecast for Red Island at 11PM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)--
Afternoon (20 Apr)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (20 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
2
3
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1.2
S
1.8
S
2.3
S
2.5
S
3
S
3
SSE
4.5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4.5
SSE
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
2.2
SE
2.1
SE
2.4
S
2.2
S
Period(s) (?)899810101010101111111111111110101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)811161542015751019121816182142439153385964619055584860406534362702246023171029953937775
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
0
SSE
10
SW
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
S
50
SSW
55
SSW
55
S
55
S
50
S
50
S
45
S
40
S
40
S
35
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:59PM
1.67
8:26AM
1.58
8:54PM
1.69
9:21AM
1.56
9:49PM
1.68
10:18AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:21AM
0.01
2:40PM
0.01
3:17AM
0.01
3:36PM
0.02
4:14AM
0.03
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Sunrise------6:46-------6:47-------6:48-
Sunset5:36-------5:34-------5:32-------
thunderstorm
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
2-12411115101210651111----1
Temp. °C161514131213141415131212121111121212121212111111
Feels °C (?)151513121011121212411111334457677
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