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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Sunday 15 Feb 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
20.9° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 5AM is: 0.9m 8s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am February 15). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)8s
Afternoon (15 Feb)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (15 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
!
!
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
E
1
E
1.4
S
0.8
E
0.8
E
1.1
E
1.5
ESE
1.6
ESE
2.1
ESE
2.2
ESE
1.9
ESE
1.8
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.3
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1
ESE
1
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
SE
0.9
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.6
SE
Period(s) (?)886881011111212111111111010101099129912
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)108130139869226547661912161316894732550397304250240179168136151119114112
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
35
WSW
30
W
40
W
45
WSW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		offoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:42AM
1.40
5:02PM
1.32
5:30AM
1.43
5:49PM
1.34
6:17AM
1.47
6:36PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:24PM
0.33
10:59AM
0.35
11:11PM
0.30
11:48AM
0.32
11:59PM
0.27
12:36PM
0.28
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise---6:37-------6:39-------6:39----
Sunset-------8:12-------8:10-------8:09
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
332332151824443-----------
Temp. °C171615141313131213141415182022191516161520222321
Feels °C (?)17151310876666810141619151314141318202121
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