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Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 11 Jan 2026 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
19.1° C
 (Which is 1.3°C warmer than 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: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm January 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Jan)--
Afternoon (11 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (11 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
E
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.4
NE
0.3
SSW
0.6
S
0.7
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.1
S
1.3
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
2.5
NE
1.4
ENE
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)712121288716151413121111131211117710101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9141413561853172203620520467269563480363284658207200159156121
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
20
NNW
25
WNW
30
WSW
20
SW
20
S
30
SE
20
SE
10
E
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
25
NE
30
NE
35
NE
25
NNE
15
SW
5
WSW
10
SW
5
W
0
ENE
0
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		ononcross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		crossglasscrosscross-
off		glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:17AM
1.35
1:35PM
1.35
2:05AM
1.33
2:23PM
1.31
2:53AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
0.21
7:27AM
0.28
7:51PM
0.26
8:16AM
0.32
8:37PM
0.29
9:04AM
0.35
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise-----5:56-------5:56-------5:58--
Sunset-8:42-------8:42-------8:42------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C333025232321212117161616171718191922191715161816
Feels °C (?)272521191716171712131413141314151419171714151817
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