Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 08 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
18.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Red Island today?

The current surf forecast for Red Island at 6AM is: 0.3m 19s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (08 Mar)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (08 Mar)1ft (0.3m)13s

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


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Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
NE
1.6
NE
1
ENE
0.3
S
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.4
SE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.7
E
0.3
SSW
0.6
ENE
0.3
SSW
0.6
E
1.1
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.4
S
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
Period(s) (?)66619988131361361265678888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11818473623041203029343131302971148198371408239212183192171
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
5
W
10
W
5
NW
5
NNW
15
NE
15
ENE
5
ENE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
15
W
10
W
20
SSE
35
SSW
30
S
30
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:44PM
1.44
10:06AM
1.43
10:30PM
1.42
10:51AM
1.39
11:15PM
1.40
11:37AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:00AM
0.18
4:22PM
0.19
4:47AM
0.22
5:07PM
0.23
5:33AM
0.26
5:50PM
0.27
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Sunrise----7:01-------7:01-------7:03---
Sunset-------7:44-------7:42-------7:40
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C171614141718181817151413171916151414141515151516
Feels °C (?)17161314171616181714121115161010910101211111213
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