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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Wednesday 04 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
20.7° C
 (Which is 1.7°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 3AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (05 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (05 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.8
ESE
0.8
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
ESE
0.4
E
Period(s) (?)88888888888888810101010777712
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)39243729126723621318215915113111111410410196136108106776668534743
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
NNE
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
0
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
ESE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglassoncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		glassoffglassglasscross-
on		oncross-
on		glassoffoffoffglasson
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:39PM
1.54
9:05AM
1.65
9:30PM
1.53
9:54AM
1.60
10:20PM
1.50
10:42AM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:53AM
0.07
3:28PM
0.08
3:44AM
0.10
4:16PM
0.11
4:34AM
0.15
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:26-------6:28--
Sunset-8:24-------8:23-------8:22------
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
11----------------------
Temp. °C161616151414161919181413121319232321171616152226
Feels °C (?)151515141414161717161312111319222221171515142225
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