Taits Beach (Waikari River) Surf Forecast

/ Hawkes Bay (22 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Monday 17 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 17.9° C
(Which is 2.4°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 8PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a East direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm November 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 12s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (17 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	10s
Evening (17 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	7s

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

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	Monday 17			Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	2	3	2	2	2	3	!	!	!	2	!	!	!	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	E	ENE	NE	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	10	6	7	7	7	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	123	124	214	321	191	207	194	406	727	770	606	539	623	1206	1157	481	436	334	295	301	266	220	219	177
Wind (km/h)	ENE	NE	N	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNW	N	NE	NE	NE	NE	ENE	NE	NNW	N	N	NNE	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						4:57AM 1.39				5:14PM 1.37				5:42AM 1.41				5:59PM 1.37				6:25AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)				10:43PM 0.26				11:07AM 0.32				11:27PM 0.27				11:54AM 0.31				12:11AM 0.27				12:41PM 0.30

	Monday 17			Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	8:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	23	17	13	15	16	21	23	23	22	20	17	18	20	22	19	20	22	20	18	17	18	23	26
Feels °C (?)	19	21	16	11	14	15	20	23	22	21	20	17	18	19	21	20	21	23	21	19	17	18	21	24

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