Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Tuesday 24 Feb 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
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 3PM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.3m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 12s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)7s
Afternoon (24 Feb)3ft (0.9m)8s
Evening (24 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.3
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)10108777710101010101010101010101010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)408510926234033017110610414025034629628123520417116413712096615948
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
15
S
30
S
35
SSW
25
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSE
15
ENE
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
10
ENE
15
ENE
5
E
5
S
5
W
5
W
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:48AM
1.50
12:17AM
1.54
12:43PM
1.48
1:13AM
1.54
1:40PM
1.46
2:11AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:05PM
0.11
6:36AM
0.13
6:59PM
0.12
7:33AM
0.14
7:54PM
0.12
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise-------6:48-------6:48-------6:50
Sunset---8:01-------8:00-------7:59----
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172320161514131314151616161615151922212020191817
Feels °C (?)162015101112111114121312131514141921202121201817
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