Stingray Bay Surf Forecast

/ Hawkes Bay (22 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (39.34° S 176.95° E)

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Stingray Bay surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Monday 25 Aug 2025 NZST

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Stingray Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Stingray Bay sea temperature is 12.4° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Stingray Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Stingray Bay at 10AM is: 0.3m 4s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	4s
Afternoon (25 Aug)	0.5ft (0.1m)	15s
Evening (25 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	4s

Table - waves today at Stingray Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Monday 25							Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thu 28
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSE	ENE	E	E	S	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	S	E	ENE	ENE	NE	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	4	4	4	15	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	17	10	4	4	5	5	6	7	7	9	9	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	18	9	8	8	11	14	20	10	10	8	8	8	28	5	29	36	69	24	21	35	30	44	90	190
Wind (km/h)	WNW	WNW	NW	E	E	ENE	W	W	WNW	WNW	WNW	E	E	NNE	NW	NNW	NW	W	WNW	E	ESE	NE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	on	on	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	on	on	cross	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			6:47AM 1.46				7:11PM 1.55				7:35AM 1.46				7:57PM 1.53				8:22AM 1.45				8:43PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	12:45AM 0.16				1:00PM 0.16				1:33AM 0.16				1:49PM 0.18				2:19AM 0.18				2:36PM 0.20

	Monday 25							Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thu 28
Sunrise	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	8	7	10	14	13	11	9	9	8	8	10	13	13	11	10	8	7	7	9	13	12	11	11	11
Feels °C (?)	6	5	9	11	10	11	7	7	6	6	9	11	10	10	9	6	5	5	8	11	11	11	10	10

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Hawkes Bay

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Stingray Bay (calm at Napier Airport 15 km from Stingray Bay). 0.3m 4s local chop from the E with a 0.2m 9s swell from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
42 minutes ago Stingray Bay

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Actual: 42 min ago

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