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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Sunday 24 Aug 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
12.5° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average 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 5PM is: 0.5m 4s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am August 24). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 11s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 17s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Aug)1ft (0.3m)4s
Afternoon (24 Aug)1.5ft (0.4m)4s
Evening (24 Aug)1.5ft (0.5m)4s

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

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Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.6
NE
0.6
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.3
SSE
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.6
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)444444444498888101010534555
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)3661318181655530296227261212106520451819
Wind
(km/h)
0
N
10
E
10
E
10
ENE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
N
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
0
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
N
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
offglassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:24PM
1.58
6:48AM
1.46
7:11PM
1.56
7:35AM
1.46
7:58PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:10PM
0.15
12:45AM
0.16
1:00PM
0.16
1:33AM
0.16
1:49PM
0.18
2:19AM
0.18
Sunday
24
Monday
25
Tuesday
26
Wednesday
27
Sunrise6:47-------6:45-------6:43-------
Sunset--5:40-------5:42-------5:43-----
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C914141210988101414111098810131312101099
Feels °C (?)711101087669111110876691111108988
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Hawkes Bay

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Taits Beach (Waikari River) (calm at Wairoa 32 km from Taits Beach (Waikari River)). A 0.6m local chop from the E

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