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Red Island Surf Forecast
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Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 NZDT
How big are the waves at Red Island today?
The current surf forecast for Red Island at 7PM is: 0.8m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm October 15). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (15 Oct) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 7s |
| Afternoon (15 Oct) | 3ft (0.9m) | 6s |
| Evening (15 Oct) | 2ft (0.6m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at Red Island. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 89 | 75 | 59 | 53 | 55 | 73 | 48 | 23 | 48 | 59 | 59 | 57 | 157 | 259 | 154 | 113 | 93 | 302 | 233 | 133 | 69 | 56 | 54 | 50 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | glass | glass | cross | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:16PM 1.56 | 1:45AM 1.41 | 2:13PM 1.50 | 2:42AM 1.37 | 3:08PM 1.46 | 3:37AM 1.35 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:38PM 0.13 | 7:56AM 0.17 | 8:34PM 0.17 | 8:51AM 0.21 | 9:28PM 0.20 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:20 |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 7:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:30 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:31 | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 11 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Feels °C (?) | 9 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Hawkes Bay
The wind is still cross-off at Red Island (light winds from the WNW at Burma Rd HB 19 km from Red Island). 0.9m 9s swell from the S with a 0.3m 10s swell from the ENE and a 0.2m 6s windswell from the NE. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
19 km away, 42 min ago
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