Napier - The Reef Surf Forecast

/ Hawkes Bay (22 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Napier - The Reef surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Wednesday 19 Nov 2025 NZDT

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Napier - The Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Napier - The Reef sea temperature is 17.1° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Napier - The Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Napier - The Reef at 6AM is: 1.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 19). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	8s
Afternoon (19 Nov)	6.5ft (2.0m)	8s
Evening (19 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	9s

Table - waves today at Napier - The Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	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	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	!	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	E	ENE	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	5
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	681	504	277	284	324	498	554	283	269	281	256	273	235	198	424	202	198	158	154	117	113	108	133	78
Wind (km/h)	NNE	NE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	WSW	WSW	NW	SW	ESE	ESE	NE	W	W	W	W	ENE	E	ESE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	glass	cross	cross- on	on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:44AM 1.55				6:01PM 1.49				6:28AM 1.59				6:45PM 1.51					7:11AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		11:28PM 0.43				11:58AM 0.44				12:15AM 0.47				12:41PM 0.46				12:59AM 0.48					1:23PM 0.48

		Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:10

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	20	19	19	21	18	17	18	18	18	17	16	21	22	22	18	18	18	17	17	20	20	19	19
Feels °C (?)	20	18	17	16	18	17	16	19	19	20	18	16	22	19	21	18	19	18	17	17	20	18	18	19

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