Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
16.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Red Island today?

The current surf forecast for Red Island at 8AM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (20 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
ENE
2
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
Period(s) (?)9991010101010101010101099999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7056585865514914463944024023943182692211972071611581301241351011018383
Wind
(km/h)
5
N
5
SW
10
SW
5
WSW
5
SSE
15
E
10
E
5
N
5
N
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
NW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffcrosscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:19AM
1.38
6:38PM
1.32
7:02AM
1.41
7:22PM
1.33
7:45AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:05AM
0.27
12:34PM
0.29
12:49AM
0.27
1:20PM
0.28
1:33AM
0.27
2:06PM
0.28
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise---5:43-------5:43-------5:41----
Sunset-------8:10-------8:12-------8:13
cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-1----------------------
Temp. °C191818182020211917181717202019202019171517151514
Feels °C (?)202019192118201917181717191818201818161315121313
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