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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Saturday 04 Apr 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
18.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

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

The current surf forecast for Taits Beach (Waikari River) at 3AM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am April 04). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (04 Apr)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.9
ENE
1.2
NE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
1.1
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.8
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)51010121299561110109991099991010911
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)271818236186171632923835334141572106061106136148151175319
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
0
NW
5
ESE
10
E
5
NE
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
WSW
5
SE
10
ESE
0
E
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
0
W
5
E
15
E
15
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassononglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:49PM
1.49
8:09AM
1.48
8:34PM
1.50
8:55AM
1.46
9:18PM
1.50
9:39AM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:04AM
0.20
2:26PM
0.19
2:51AM
0.21
3:10PM
0.21
3:37AM
0.22
3:54PM
0.24
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise----7:28-------7:28-------7:30---
Sunset-------7:00------6:59-------6:58-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141312121620191715141313161817161514131314161816
Feels °C (?)121111111618171714131212161716171514131315161614
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