Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
16.9° 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 4AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (16 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (16 Apr)3ft (0.9m)9s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
3
3
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
S
1.7
SSW
1.3
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.3
ESE
Period(s) (?)1111111111111010999101312111110999109811
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)123888661615552721291654863678887974413261941421027650543725
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
15
NW
10
NNW
15
NW
30
W
35
W
30
W
40
W
40
W
25
W
15
W
10
W
10
NW
5
NNE
10
NNE
20
NNE
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
25
N
30
N
25
N
25
NNE
30
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise----6:41-------6:41-------6:43---
Sunset------5:42-------5:39-------5:38-
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151514151617171414141314151819161513141517171919
Feels °C (?)121111121010105681011121616121410111012121413
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