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

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 04 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
18.5° 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 8PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.5m 5s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm April 04). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be glassy.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (04 Apr)1ft (0.3m)9s
Evening (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)5s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SSE
0.3
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.9
ENE
1.3
ENE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.6
E
1.2
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
E
1
E
1
E
1
E
1.3
ENE
1.1
E
1.1
E
1.2
E
Period(s) (?)1299561110999999999101010911101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1861716321083835254158110806160237227149186183152392239234284
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
ESE
10
E
5
NE
10
WNW
10
W
5
NW
5
NW
0
S
5
SE
10
ESE
5
ENE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
ENE
15
E
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
5
N
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassoncross-
on
glassglassglassglassoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:09AM
1.48
8:34PM
1.50
8:55AM
1.46
9:18PM
1.50
9:39AM
1.44
10:02PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:26PM
0.19
2:51AM
0.21
3:10PM
0.21
3:37AM
0.22
3:54PM
0.24
4:22AM
0.25
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise--------7:28-------7:30-------
Sunset---7:00------6:59-------6:58-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C162019171514141316181817161614141618191715141413
Feels °C (?)161817171413131216171717161614131616161514141413
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