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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 03 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
18.8° 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 4PM is: 0.3m 10s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 03). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s
Afternoon (03 Apr)1ft (0.3m)10s
Evening (03 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

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


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
1.3
SSE
0.9
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.3
ESE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.8
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
Period(s) (?)1010101355101212995611101099991010109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)191919608371918236186171628105383533414157606790143140
Wind
(km/h)
0
NE
10
ESE
10
E
5
NE
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
0
NE
10
ESE
10
ESE
0
NE
5
N
0
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
onglassglassglassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:23AM
1.50
7:49PM
1.49
8:09AM
1.48
8:34PM
1.50
8:55AM
1.46
9:18PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
0.17
2:04AM
0.20
2:26PM
0.19
2:51AM
0.21
3:10PM
0.21
3:37AM
0.22
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise--------7:28-------7:28-------
Sunset---7:01-------7:00------6:59-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141919181513131317202017151413131618171716151313
Feels °C (?)131717171311121217181817141312121616161816161313
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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