Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 26 Feb 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
19.1° 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 11AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 26). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (26 Feb)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (26 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.6
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.6
E
Period(s) (?)10101010101010109999996666666668
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)22619619616113111796815956483333338412114794777360292844
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
15
NE
15
ENE
5
NE
5
SSE
5
S
5
WSW
5
SW
15
S
20
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
10
ENE
10
NE
15
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:13AM
1.54
1:40PM
1.46
2:11AM
1.55
2:38PM
1.45
3:10AM
1.55
3:37PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:33AM
0.14
7:54PM
0.12
8:31AM
0.15
8:51PM
0.13
9:30AM
0.15
9:49PM
0.13
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
01
Sunrise-6:48-------6:50-------6:52------
Sunset-----7:59-------7:57-------7:55--
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C151418212119191918171818171616151515151516161615
Feels °C (?)151318192020192018171715131213121212121214141412
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