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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 13 Nov 2025 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
18.4° C
(Which is 3.0°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 8AM is: 1.6m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 13). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Nov)5ft (1.5m)8s
Afternoon (13 Nov)4ft (1.2m)8s
Evening (13 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sun
16
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
3
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
E
1.6
E
2
ENE
1.3
E
1.6
ENE
1.3
E
1.3
E
1.1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.6
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
E
1.1
E
Period(s) (?)67888888888888999991010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)156279496212310230228163136136143140137173181190199216259294471250235235
Wind
(km/h)
15
NE
15
NNE
15
NNW
10
N
5
NNE
15
NW
5
W
0
NNW
5
NNW
5
NW
5
SSE
10
ESE
5
E
10
NNE
10
WNW
10
NNW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
SW
5
E
10
E
5
NNE
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassoffglassglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:00PM
1.60
1:30AM
1.45
1:55PM
1.53
2:26AM
1.40
2:48PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:45AM
0.13
7:23PM
0.13
7:40AM
0.19
8:17PM
0.18
8:34AM
0.25
9:08PM
0.22
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sun
16
Sunrise-5:50-------5:50-------5:48------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:01-------8:02--
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
43----------24----------
Temp. °C171821252522171413131820161613111015201721171311
Feels °C (?)161718232420171412131818161512981317141915119
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