Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Saturday 28 Mar 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
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 2AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (29 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
3
3
2
3
2
1
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.5
S
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)101212121212121212121211111111111111111017101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)33956664566674974974982481171368956355352140137331326021416314913911185
Wind
(km/h)
10
E
5
S
10
SSW
10
W
10
W
5
SSW
5
E
10
ENE
10
E
10
NNE
5
W
5
SW
20
NNE
15
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
5
SSW
5
W
5
NW
0
W
5
SSW
10
SW
15
WSW
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:26PM
1.43
2:55AM
1.53
3:24PM
1.41
3:52AM
1.51
4:21PM
1.40
4:47AM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37PM
0.15
9:16AM
0.15
9:34PM
0.16
10:12AM
0.16
10:30PM
0.17
11:06AM
0.17
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise------7:22-------7:22-------7:24-
Sunset-7:12-------7:09-------7:08------
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------172---------
Temp. °C202019191817181919181818171616192220181716151617
Feels °C (?)202118181817191818171818151516192221191817151312
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