Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Sunday 22 Feb 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
19.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Red Island today?

The current surf forecast for Red Island at 2AM is: 0.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Feb)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (23 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s
Evening (23 Feb)4ft (1.2m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.4
SSW
1
S
1.1
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
1.1
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)9888771212111099898887778999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25232220106110660778588333249155107909673137254254312336372383307
Wind
(km/h)
20
WSW
15
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SE
15
SE
5
E
10
N
10
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
SW
15
S
40
S
35
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
S
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crossononcross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:31PM
1.50
10:55AM
1.51
11:23PM
1.52
11:48AM
1.50
12:17AM
1.54
12:43PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:48AM
0.12
5:14PM
0.10
5:41AM
0.12
6:05PM
0.11
6:36AM
0.13
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-----6:46-------6:47-------6:48--
Sunset-8:05-------8:02-------8:01------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242216151413161616161515141418231916151412121414
Feels °C (?)201911121211151413141313131316201310111110101412
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