Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 27 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
17.8° 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 12PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)8ft (2.5m)8s
Afternoon (27 Mar)8ft (2.5m)8s
Evening (27 Mar)7ft (2.2m)8s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3
3
2
2
1
0
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.8
E
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)8888888888810101212121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9569569209318697226781006943338459400339566645666749749749824725683660583
Wind
(km/h)
45
NE
40
NE
40
NE
35
NE
30
NE
30
NNE
25
NNE
20
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NE
15
E
5
ENE
10
SSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
WSW
0
ENE
15
NE
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:27PM
1.46
1:57AM
1.55
2:26PM
1.43
2:55AM
1.53
3:24PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:21AM
0.12
7:40PM
0.12
8:19AM
0.14
8:37PM
0.15
9:16AM
0.15
9:34PM
0.16
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
Sunrise--7:20-------7:20-------7:22-----
Sunset-----7:13-------7:12-------7:09--
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
111---------------------
Temp. °C171717171818181717171922222020191817181919181919
Feels °C (?)101111121415151516172022212219181717191717182019
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