Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 05 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
18.8° 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 7AM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am March 05). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (05 Mar)6ft (1.9m)11s
Evening (05 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s

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


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Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
4
4
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SE
2.1
SE
1.7
SE
2.2
ESE
2.2
ESE
2.1
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.7
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.5
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
Period(s) (?)10101012111111101010101010999999999910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)88280957514021228100684669254847143737830525323219319313313010692929081
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
N
15
NE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
W
10
W
10
W
5
N
10
ENE
15
ENE
10
NE
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
NW
10
N
15
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
crossglasscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:43AM
1.53
8:09PM
1.45
8:32AM
1.50
8:57PM
1.45
9:19AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
0.12
2:04PM
0.12
2:22AM
0.13
2:51PM
0.13
3:12AM
0.15
3:38PM
0.16
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise---6:56-------6:58-------6:58----
Sunset-------7:47-------7:46-------7:45
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141212111315161616151413151718181716161517181818
Feels °C (?)121011101213131315151312151516181815151416161718
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