Surf Forecast Surf Report

Taits Beach (Waikari River) surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Friday 02 May 2025 NZST
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Taits Beach (Waikari River) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Taits Beach (Waikari River) sea temperature is
18.1° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Taits Beach (Waikari River) today?

The current surf forecast for Taits Beach (Waikari River) at 10AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00am May 02). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 12s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 4.5m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 May)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Afternoon (02 May)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (02 May)1.5ft (0.5m)11s

Table - waves today at Taits Beach (Waikari River). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
0.8
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.7
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.2
SE
0.3
E
0.3
E
2.2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.6
SSE
0.5
SE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.2
ESE
0.2
ESE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.4
NE
1.5
NE
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111111101010999910109988813121211111010101010109999998998881212111111777777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)16112111788119626261403921081547111894282868057255424219187245183983212849757306035444444193383252962902462361941941451206435282828181814143131239103759205235
Wind
(km/h)
15
WSW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
20
SW
25
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSW
10
SW
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
5
WNW
5
SE
5
ESE
0
ENE
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
E
5
E
5
NNW
10
WNW
10
NW
10
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
N
5
NNE
5
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassonglassoffoffoffoffglassglassglasscross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:13AM
1.64
9:41PM
1.75
10:09AM
1.58
10:37PM
1.69
11:05AM
1.52
11:32PM
1.62
12:01PM
1.45
12:26AM
1.54
12:56PM
1.40
1:19AM
1.48
1:49PM
1.36
2:10AM
1.43
2:40PM
1.34
2:59AM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:09AM
-0.01
3:28PM
0.01
4:06AM
0.03
4:23PM
0.06
5:01AM
0.08
5:18PM
0.12
5:56AM
0.14
6:12PM
0.19
6:49AM
0.19
7:04PM
0.24
7:40AM
0.23
7:56PM
0.29
8:29AM
0.26
8:46PM
0.32
9:16AM
0.28
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise--6:54-------6:56-------6:56-------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------7:01-------7:01-
Sunset----5:21-------5:20-------5:19-------5:16-------5:15-------5:15-------5:14-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C11121313111010101011121516141211111213141412101098912131098779151614111099111618151413131316202118161615151515
Feels °C (?)8899755556811131298789998776671011976558131413987791416121211111115181917151515151516
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