Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 02 Dec 2025 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 1.7°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 11AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 02). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Dec)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Evening (02 Dec)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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

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Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.6
E
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
ENE
0.9
SSE
1.8
S
4
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4.5
SSE
4.5
S
3.5
SSE
Period(s) (?)1010101010109999999996610111111121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1701701671251229287831731196188656065642162638454648264953555962343738
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NE
15
E
15
ESE
5
SE
10
SW
5
SW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
SSW
20
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
15
SW
20
WSW
45
SW
55
SW
45
SW
45
SW
45
SSW
35
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:06AM
1.43
3:30PM
1.48
4:04AM
1.51
4:28PM
1.51
5:02AM
1.59
5:27PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18AM
0.17
9:47PM
0.10
10:18AM
0.12
10:43PM
0.06
11:18AM
0.08
11:41PM
0.02
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
Sunrise-5:37-------5:37-------5:37------
Sunset-----8:23-------8:24-------8:25--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1584553-----
Temp. °C141519202019181717161717171616151413121417161512
Feels °C (?)12131717181916161514161517171412633479109
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