Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 26 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
19.1° 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 2AM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s
Afternoon (27 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (27 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SE
1
SE
0.6
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)1010101099999566666666677101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1311179681595648333342871001197777737127475555104102100
Wind
(km/h)
15
ENE
10
NE
5
S
5
SSW
5
SW
10
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
N
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrossglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
1.55
2:38PM
1.45
3:10AM
1.55
3:37PM
1.44
4:09AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:54PM
0.12
8:31AM
0.15
8:51PM
0.13
9:30AM
0.15
9:49PM
0.13
10:28AM
0.15
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:52-------6:52--
Sunset-7:59-------7:57-------7:55------
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C201920191816171817161515151515151616161515141618
Feels °C (?)191921191815141513121112121212121414141313121415
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