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Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Tuesday 17 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
20.2° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than 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: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Feb)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s
Evening (18 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
1.2
SSW
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.5
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ENE
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
1
ESE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
Period(s) (?)9111111111181010131312121210121111101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8624620517216916618410410299151233226218166668478230218180176163120128
Wind
(km/h)
10
ESE
5
ESE
10
SW
10
W
0
W
5
WSW
5
E
5
SE
10
ESE
5
SSE
5
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NE
5
WNW
0
NW
10
NNW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
25
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glasscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		glassglassonglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrossglassglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:56AM
1.45
7:17PM
1.35
7:42AM
1.48
8:04PM
1.39
8:28AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:40AM
0.22
1:16PM
0.23
1:28AM
0.19
2:03PM
0.18
2:17AM
0.16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Sunrise-----6:39-------6:41-------6:43--
Sunset-8:10-------8:09-------8:08------
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918171716182019191716151418222423201816151924
Feels °C (?)181917161816182018191715141216212424201714131619
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