Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 15 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 8AM is: 2.4m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (15 Feb)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (15 Feb)15ft (4.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
E
1.2
ENE
1.6
S
2.1
S
3
S
3.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
5
S
4.5
ESE
5
E
4
ESE
3
E
3
ESE
3
SSW
1.6
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.8
ENE
0.8
S
0.9
SE
Period(s) (?)8867891110101212111111910101010999912
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)14020720045710202030421529204881571267423692228917791123535394384235176173115110195
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
30
SSW
35
SSW
40
SSW
50
SSW
55
SW
60
WSW
60
WSW
70
SSW
65
SW
45
S
30
SSW
30
SW
40
WSW
30
W
25
W
20
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
5
W
5
SW
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glassoncross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
1.36
4:55PM
1.27
5:23AM
1.39
5:43PM
1.29
6:10AM
1.42
6:30PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:17PM
0.32
10:52AM
0.34
11:05PM
0.29
11:41AM
0.31
11:52PM
0.26
12:29PM
0.27
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise---6:37-------6:37-------6:39----
Sunset-------8:14-------8:13-------8:10
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
1124421018432058452---------
Temp. °C171616151414121417161516161618171616161518191919
Feels °C (?)141210854136471111913131213151418181819
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