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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Sunday 05 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
18.3° 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 12AM is: 1.0m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.8m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm April 05). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (06 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (06 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
0
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
1
1
0
1
2
3
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
E
0.9
E
0.6
E
1
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.7
E
0.9
E
0.9
E
1
E
1.2
E
1.2
E
1.6
E
1.6
ENE
1.3
E
1.7
ENE
1.6
E
1.8
E
1.7
E
1.7
E
1.9
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)910999910101011101010107878888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)781456018923783145154184317282494523307247287349319336441392392392361
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
NE
5
NE
5
N
5
NW
5
WNW
0
NNE
10
ESE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NE
5
NE
5
N
5
NE
5
NE
15
ENE
15
ENE
15
NE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncrosscrossglassglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrossglassglasscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:18PM
1.50
8:39AM
1.44
9:02PM
1.49
9:23AM
1.41
9:45PM
1.47
10:07AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:10PM
0.21
2:37AM
0.22
2:54PM
0.24
3:22AM
0.25
3:37PM
0.27
4:07AM
0.28
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise------6:30-------6:31-------6:31-
Sunset5:58-------5:57-------5:54-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
--------1------------144
Temp. °C181715151413161818161514141415181817161515151618
Feels °C (?)171614151412161616141414141415161615151515141619
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