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Red Island surf Forecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Thursday 18 Apr 2024 NZST
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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 (Statistics for 18 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 16.9 °C max: 17.8 °C min: 15.7 °C)
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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 (Statistics for 18 Apr 1981-2005 - mean: 16.9 °C max: 17.8 °C min: 15.7 °C)


How big are the waves at Red Island today?

The current surf forecast for Red Island at 5PM is: 0.8m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)1.5ft (0.5m)19s
Afternoon (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)16s
Evening (18 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)14s

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

Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Hawkes Bay

  1. Clean small surf early morning but the NE breeze increased an hour or so earlier than forecast. Most of the SSW swell is going past so only waist to chest high waves.

    Ocean Beach, 9 km away
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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.6
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
SSW
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
1.5
S
1.8
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)1917161414141615151514141414141414101391210101010101010141414141414141477881113131212111111101013131314141516161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)18637730627626524717438036527226419820413613614467508724483553517150715065250236236236239187134193330227201566653546350333196149110757217117317610110473124122118112
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
NNE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
WNW
10
W
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
5
SW
5
WNW
5
W
5
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
ENE
10
ENE
5
E
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WSW
30
SSW
45
SSW
40
SSW
35
SSW
30
S
25
S
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
ESE
15
ENE
15
NNE
20
N
15
N
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
ENE
10
E
5
ENE
5
WNW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
ENE
10
E
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
oncross-
on
crossglassglassglasscross-
off
offglasscross-
on
glassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoncrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:31PM
1.28
1:53AM
1.36
2:20PM
1.26
2:41AM
1.33
3:08PM
1.25
3:28AM
1.32
3:55PM
1.27
4:15AM
1.33
4:41PM
1.29
5:00AM
1.33
5:26PM
1.33
5:45AM
1.34
6:10PM
1.36
6:30AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:24AM
0.28
7:37PM
0.31
8:12AM
0.30
8:26PM
0.33
9:00AM
0.31
9:14PM
0.33
9:46AM
0.30
10:02PM
0.32
10:31AM
0.29
10:51PM
0.31
11:16AM
0.27
11:38PM
0.29
12:00PM
0.26
12:25AM
0.28
12:44PM
0.26
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Monday
22
Tuesday
23
Wednesday
24
Thursday
25
Sunrise6:43-------6:45-------6:46-------6:47-------6:48-------6:48-------6:50-------6:50---
Sunset--5:37-------5:36-------5:34-------5:32-------5:31-------5:30-------5:29-------5:28-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131817151412111215191817151413141515141414131312131616151413121113171314131414131314141414131111121616141413131113161715
Feels °C (?)111614131310891317151614131113141413131413131112151415141211911114668810101212121111999141313131110810131414

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