Red Island surf break

Red Island surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 03 Apr 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
17.4° 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 1AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (04 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.5
ENE
Period(s) (?)131313121212121111111110666999101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)103475963342534728921615711986855538384048669298135332370471455
Wind
(km/h)
20
NE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NE
15
ENE
15
NNE
0
WSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSE
10
ESE
5
E
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNE
5
NNE
15
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscrosscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:42PM
1.43
8:04AM
1.42
8:28PM
1.44
8:49AM
1.40
9:12PM
1.44
9:34AM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:34PM
0.17
1:58AM
0.19
2:19PM
0.19
2:45AM
0.20
3:03PM
0.21
3:31AM
0.22
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------7:28-------7:28-------7:30-
Sunset-7:01-------7:00------6:59-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
Rain (mm)
----------------------1-
Temp. °C161616151515161817161616151515161616171616161617
Feels °C (?)121314141314151614141714131314161616141415151415
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