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Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand
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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
15.5° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)How big are the waves at Red Island today?
The current surf forecast for Red Island at 8PM is: 1.4m 7s primary swell from a Northeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm May 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (08 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (08 May) | 4ft (1.2m) | 6s |
| Evening (08 May) | 5ft (1.5m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Red Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 20°C on Fri afternoon, min 11°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 8 | Saturday 9 | Sunday 10 | Mon 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | 3 PM | 6 PM | 9 PM | 12 AM | 3 AM | 6 AM | 9 AM | 12 PM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 8 | NE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | S 15 | SSW 14 | S 14 | S 8 | S 12 | SSW 13 | |
120 | 131 | 204 | 318 | 388 | 581 | 261 | 273 | 241 | 202 | 649 | 640 | 630 | 620 | 573 | 554 | 536 | 471 | 627 | 2374 | 405 | 686 | 3196 | 3144 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-on | |
High Tide | 10:34PM1.37m | 10:56AM1.25m | 11:17PM1.36m | 11:40AM1.23m | 00:01AM1.35m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:23PM0.31m | 4:58AM0.31m | 5:06PM0.32m | 5:42AM0.31m | 5:49PM0.32m | 6:25AM0.30m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | |
5:13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:09 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
Temp °C | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 11 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | S 14 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 8 | ENE 9 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 13 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | ENE 12 | SSW 14 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 | S 10 | S 12 |
2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 351 | 261 | 273 | 241 | 202 | 649 | 640 | 630 | 620 | 573 | 554 | 536 | 429 | 414 | 752 | 297 | 226 | 1085 | 1569 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 14 | S 11 | S 10 | S 10 | S 10 | S 14 | S 14 | NE 14 | ENE 13 | NE 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 16 | S 15 | S 15 | ENE 11 | S 14 | S 13 | ENE 11 | ENE 11 |
4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 46 | 113 | 170 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 29 | 87 | 471 | 627 | 307 | 405 | 340 | 226 | 183 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 20 | — | — | — | — | S 9 | S 9 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | S 14 | S 14 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 11 | SE 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | — | — | — | — |
8 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NE 6 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 7 | NE 8 | NE 8 | — | — | — | — | — | SW 13 | W 3 | W 3 | W 3 | SW 4 | SW 10 | W 3 | SW 4 | SSW 14 | S 7 | S 8 | S 12 | SSW 13 |
120 | 131 | 204 | 318 | 388 | 581 | — | — | — | — | — | 106 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 2374 | 358 | 686 | 3196 | 3144 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 57 | 60 | 98 | 155 | 156 | 155 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 42 | 3 |
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