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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 29 Mar 2026 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
18.6° C
(Which is 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 3PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 29). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ESE
1.4
ESE
1.4
SE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
SE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
ESE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
1.5
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
0.6
ESE
Period(s) (?)12121212121212111111111111111110101010105779
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)554554597480472464393426335283278233204166163106102100646411327828954
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
5
NW
0
WSW
5
ESE
5
E
0
NNE
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
W
5
N
10
WNW
5
SSE
0
E
5
NW
5
NW
10
NW
5
W
15
SSW
20
S
25
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
offoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:01AM
1.58
3:30PM
1.46
3:58AM
1.56
4:27PM
1.45
4:53AM
1.54
5:21PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:22AM
0.16
9:41PM
0.17
10:18AM
0.17
10:37PM
0.18
11:13AM
0.17
11:32PM
0.19
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wed
01
Sunrise--7:22-------7:22-------7:24-----
Sunset-----7:09-------7:07-------7:07--
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
Rain (mm)
---------11---------221-
Temp. °C171619222220202018171722232017161514171913121212
Feels °C (?)1716202222212019181818222322171615141515991010
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