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Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand
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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
15.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)How big are the waves at Red Island today?
The current surf forecast for Red Island at 5AM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm May 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 May) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (10 May) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 12s |
| Evening (10 May) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Red Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Very mild (max 17°C on Sun morning, min 7°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun night, calm by Tue morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 10 | Monday 11 | Tuesday 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | S 15 | S 14 | S 8 | S 9 | SSW 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | |
572 | 640 | 630 | 620 | 573 | 554 | 500 | 491 | 544 | 515 | 501 | 753 | 4490 | 2168 | 1938 | 1629 | 1325 | 1196 | 958 | 835 | 591 | 485 | 400 | 319 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
off | off | off | off | off | cross | glassy | cross-off | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | glassy | off | off | off | off | glassy | cross-on | cross-off | |
High Tide | 11:17PM1.36m | 11:40AM1.23m | 00:01AM1.35m | 12:26PM1.24m | 00:48AM1.36m | 1:16PM1.27m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 5:42AM0.31m | 5:49PM0.32m | 6:25AM0.30m | 6:35PM0.31m | 7:11AM0.27m | |||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | — | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:08 | — | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
13 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 |
572 | 640 | 630 | 620 | 573 | 554 | 500 | 491 | 414 | 359 | 297 | 674 | 2300 | 2168 | 1938 | 1629 | 1325 | 1196 | 958 | 835 | 591 | 485 | 400 | 319 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 15 | SSW 19 | SSW 16 | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 | ENE 10 |
17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 69 | 324 | 544 | 515 | 411 | 270 | 226 | 186 | 167 | 164 | 128 | 125 | 83 | 106 | 106 | 136 | 104 | 104 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 14 | S 14 | SE 13 | S 16 | SE 13 | SE 11 | SE 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | E 13 | NNE 4 | E 12 | E 12 |
4 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31 | 54 | 14 | 31 | 4 | 28 | 27 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | W 3 | — | — | — | — | W 4 | — | W 3 | SW 4 | S 6 | S 8 | S 9 | SSW 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | N 3 | — | — | SW 4 |
5 | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | 5 | 10 | 116 | 501 | 753 | 4490 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | 2 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 162 | 23 | 23 | 39 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 |
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