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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Wednesday 26 Nov 2025 NZDT
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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
19.0° C
 (Which is 3.2°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 12PM is: 0.9m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 6s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 26). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Afternoon (26 Nov)4ft (1.2m)6s
Evening (26 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
ENE
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.5
ENE
1
E
0.9
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.9
E
1
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)6666567712121111111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9041446298167917693129125196233149146272220216165162159156156153
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
W
5
NNE
10
NW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offglassoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffcross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:40AM
1.45
11:01PM
1.31
11:22AM
1.45
11:44PM
1.31
12:06PM
1.44
12:31AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:31AM
0.30
5:06PM
0.30
5:12AM
0.30
5:49PM
0.29
5:55AM
0.30
6:32PM
0.27
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sat
29
Sunrise-5:41-------5:41-------5:39------
Sunset-----8:15-------8:15-------8:16--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------------11--
Temp. °C141523252725211715162427292624212021252624212119
Feels °C (?)141422242523201614152326292523201921242625222119
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