Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 02 Apr 2026 NZDT
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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
17.9° 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 11PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)--
Afternoon (02 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


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Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
4
4
4
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.1
SSE
1.8
S
1.8
SSE
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
1.2
NE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)12121216161615141313131212121211111111666109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)670649566677167216021392109791975963342534728921615711986859671585868
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
15
NE
20
NE
20
NE
10
NNE
10
WSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
0
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
NNW
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscrossglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:55PM
1.42
7:17AM
1.44
7:42PM
1.43
8:04AM
1.42
8:28PM
1.44
8:49AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:09AM
0.19
1:34PM
0.17
1:58AM
0.19
2:19PM
0.19
2:45AM
0.20
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise------7:26-------7:28-------7:28-
Sunset-7:04-------7:01-------7:00------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141414141312131616161615151516181716171615151517
Feels °C (?)111112121110111313131514131415161414181513141415
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  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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