Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 13 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
16.9° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Red Island today?

The current surf forecast for Red Island at 10PM is: 1.8m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.4m 2s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Nov)--
Afternoon (13 Nov)8ft (2.5m)9s
Evening (13 Nov)6ft (1.8m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.5
E
1.4
ENE
1.4
E
1.4
E
1.3
E
Period(s) (?)999998999999999101010101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)848493493380275262258311304304304311318372388490510520468459402392384332
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
15
SSW
15
SSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
N
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NE
5
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NNW
25
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
20
SW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
10
NE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
glassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
off
crossoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
glassoffcrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:25AM
1.39
1:49PM
1.47
2:20AM
1.35
2:42PM
1.41
3:13AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:18PM
0.13
7:34AM
0.19
8:11PM
0.17
8:28AM
0.24
9:02PM
0.21
9:21AM
0.27
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Sunrise-----5:48-------5:47-------5:47--
Sunset-8:02-------8:04-------8:05------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------11---------------
Temp. °C221916151414161715171514121417192017131111111414
Feels °C (?)1917141514131615131615129111313131088981110
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