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Napier - The Reef surf break

Napier - The Reef surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 17 Feb 2026 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
20.7° 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 9AM is: 0.8m 13s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Afternoon (17 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)9s
Evening (17 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
Print Table
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.6
ESE
0.5
SE
0.8
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.3
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.8
E
1.2
E
1.3
E
1.2
E
1
E
0.9
ESE
Period(s) (?)131313991212811111010141013121212131212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29027719081799066847976734140396758127107212416480404251187
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
10
E
20
SE
10
E
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
10
W
10
WSW
15
E
5
S
10
S
10
S
10
WNW
15
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
15
NE
5
E
10
ENE
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		onglassoncross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
1.53
6:34PM
1.42
7:00AM
1.56
7:24PM
1.47
7:48AM
1.61
8:14PM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:28PM
0.29
12:44AM
0.25
1:17PM
0.24
1:30AM
0.20
2:05PM
0.20
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Thursday
19
Fri
20
Sunrise-6:39-------6:41-------6:41------
Sunset-----8:10-------8:09-------8:08--
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141418202020171615151820192018161514192223232018
Feels °C (?)121217191720161514141718192018151312172023231917
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