Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 18 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 1.5°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 1AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Evening (19 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
3
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
SE
0.5
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
1.2
E
1.4
ENE
1.1
ENE
0.9
ESE
1
ENE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.9
SSW
0.5
ENE
0.8
S
Period(s) (?)101313121212111211101110111010999999697
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10299151233226218200432495241186214176160125889088866565524567
Wind
(km/h)
5
ENE
10
NNE
5
NW
5
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
NE
5
NNE
10
ENE
5
N
10
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
25
W
15
W
20
WSW
25
W
20
WSW
20
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
0
N
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrossglasscross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:42AM
1.48
8:04PM
1.39
8:28AM
1.50
8:52PM
1.42
9:16AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:28AM
0.19
2:03PM
0.18
2:17AM
0.16
2:50PM
0.15
3:06AM
0.14
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:43-------6:43--
Sunset-8:09-------8:08-------8:07------
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191918171514182223222019181620242522171513131617
Feels °C (?)191818171412162023222018161315202117131110111614
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