Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 31 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
17.6° 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 1PM is: 0.7m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (31 Mar)5ft (1.5m)6s
Evening (31 Mar)6ft (1.9m)15s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
1
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.8
ESE
0.5
S
0.7
ESE
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.9
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1
SSE
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)1710161067151414131312121212131313121212121616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1471341298517123315132766197913461025830699699635746772737681681660566582927
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
10
SW
20
WSW
25
S
30
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
ESE
15
ESE
5
ESE
0
SE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
N
15
NE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
glassoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
1.49
5:15PM
1.40
5:39AM
1.47
6:06PM
1.41
6:29AM
1.46
6:55PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:06AM
0.17
11:25PM
0.18
11:58AM
0.17
12:18AM
0.18
12:47PM
0.17
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise--7:24-------7:24-------7:26-----
Sunset-----7:07-------7:05-------7:04--
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---121------------------
Temp. °C161517161313131313131314131313121111121414141414
Feels °C (?)1613131278899101011911121099101110111113
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