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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 19 Apr 2026 NZST
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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
17.1° 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 1AM is: 0.5m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)8s
Afternoon (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)7s
Evening (20 Apr)2ft (0.6m)9s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
ENE
0.6
E
1
NE
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)910777888799998891111111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)103671042727304240377453525549455784868310093939363
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
N
5
N
5
WNW
10
WNW
5
S
10
SSE
10
S
5
SW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NNE
15
N
10
NNW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
20
SW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10PM
1.70
7:36AM
1.64
8:04PM
1.74
8:31AM
1.64
8:59PM
1.75
9:26AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:31AM
0.03
1:52PM
0.01
2:27AM
0.01
2:47PM
0.00
3:23AM
0.01
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise------6:43-------6:43-------6:45-
Sunset5:37-------5:36-------5:35-------
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
cloud
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
------421-267----1--1212
Temp. °C211716151413131616141413131314171813131313121111
Feels °C (?)201615141312121615131411111212151711111010755
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