Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 07 Dec 2025 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
16.5° 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 3AM is: 0.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 07). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Dec)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (07 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Evening (07 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)10s

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

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Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
ENE
0.4
NE
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)101013131313121010101091010109997615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11710387129131121803550313128444644412625181317386592
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNE
20
ENE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
SW
5
NNW
10
W
5
WNW
10
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
glassoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
on
crossoffcross-
off
crosscrosscrossglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:53AM
1.74
8:20PM
1.59
8:49AM
1.74
9:17PM
1.56
9:45AM
1.71
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:36AM
-0.03
2:16PM
-0.01
2:33AM
-0.02
3:14PM
-0.01
3:30AM
-0.00
4:10PM
0.01
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Sunrise---5:37-------5:37-------5:37----
Sunset-------8:29-------8:30-------8:30
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191817172122222222201920222321211919181821222019
Feels °C (?)181615152018202121191719201920211719171720191719
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