Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 02 Mar 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
19.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Red Island today?

The current surf forecast for Red Island at 4PM is: 2.5m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm March 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Mar)7ft (2.1m)8s
Afternoon (02 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (02 Mar)8ft (2.5m)9s

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


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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
0
0
0
0
3
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
S
3.5
S
4.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
4
SSE
3.5
SSE
3.5
SSE
3
SE
2.5
SE
2.5
SE
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
1.8
SE
2.4
SE
Period(s) (?)8899910101010101010101111121211111010101013
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5588701056113411851737209343462646265224232254403645123485368931811952159514408698006361945
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SW
30
SW
35
SW
40
SSW
40
SSW
40
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
25
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32PM
1.44
6:01AM
1.55
6:26PM
1.44
6:53AM
1.55
7:19PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:26AM
0.14
11:43PM
0.12
12:21PM
0.13
12:38AM
0.11
1:14PM
0.12
1:31AM
0.12
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:56-------6:56
Sunset---7:52-------7:52-------7:50----
light rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
cloud
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
111222111---1-1---------
Temp. °C121413121111101011141413121212121316161514131212
Feels °C (?)4543232345544557710111112111111
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