Buy Less, Surf More This Black Friday
Surf-forecast is providing a free, all-access pass to our premium features and 12-day forecasts all weekend.
Surf Forecasts:
Waikanae Beach - Roberts Road surfForecast / Gisborne and Mahia / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Wednesday 10 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Today's Waikanae Beach - Roberts Road sea temperature is
18.6° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Waikanae Beach - Roberts Road today?
The current surf forecast for Waikanae Beach - Roberts Road at 3PM is: 0.5m 12s primary swell from a East direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 10). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Dec) | 2ft (0.6m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (10 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 12s |
| Evening (10 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Waikanae Beach - Roberts Road. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 102 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 39 | 37 | 82 | 81 | 78 | 73 | 53 | 110 | 46 | 55 | 51 | 49 | 47 | 94 | 149 | 186 | 313 | 291 | 284 | 262 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- off | off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 11:05AM 2.04 | 11:30PM 1.91 | 12:04PM 2.03 | 12:27AM 1.90 | 12:59PM 2.02 | 1:24AM 1.90 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 5:27PM 0.62 | 5:43AM 0.61 | 6:24PM 0.64 | 6:38AM 0.65 | 7:18PM 0.64 | |||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:35 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:35 |
| Sunset | - | - | - | 8:23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:24 | - | - | - | - |
 | | | |  | | | | |  | | |  | | | | | | |  |  | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 21 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Latest Updates
Quiksilver Teams Up With PrimaLoft® For World’s First Thermal Layering System for a Wetsuit.
Previously used in our snow jackets for mountain conditions, PrimaLoft® technology is making its debut in the surf industry. The aim is to bring mountain-grade warmth to the waves.
Vancouver Island’s Day Of Days With Reed Platenius
Surf-Forecast recently helped the 21-year-old Canadian pro surfer and adventurer score some cold water perfection at home.
5 Reasons Why Costa Rica Is A Surfer (and Non Surfer) Paradise
With or without a surfboard, Costa Rica is a bucket list destination that has shown what a nation is capable of when nature is put first.
Read more
Discover more articles and updates in the Greenroom.
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Waikanae Beach - Roberts Road surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest