Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 22 Mar 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
17.7° 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 7PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (22 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (22 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s

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
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)99991010101010101010101099915151414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3833143142752572622682362082131881631881308581519386120116108102116
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
E
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
W
0
W
5
WNW
5
NE
15
ENE
20
ENE
15
NE
20
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:53AM
1.55
9:19PM
1.58
9:45AM
1.55
10:12PM
1.60
10:38AM
1.54
11:06PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:10PM
0.06
3:39AM
0.06
4:02PM
0.05
4:33AM
0.06
4:54PM
0.06
5:28AM
0.07
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise--------7:16-------7:16-------
Sunset---7:21-------7:20-------7:17----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C131415141414141314151515151414141416161615151514
Feels °C (?)131213131414141314131213121112121213131413131413
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