Napier - The Reef surf break

Napier - The Reef surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Friday 05 Dec 2025 NZDT
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
18.8° C
(Which is 2.6°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 5PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)--
Afternoon (05 Dec)--
Evening (05 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.8
SE
0.2
ENE
0.7
SE
0.4
NNE
0.6
SE
0.1
E
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
ENE
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.3
SE
0.1
E
0.3
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
Period(s) (?)1111111111910410810103999991034444
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)000233162810266313635326131312227533
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
E
20
ENE
10
NE
10
W
5
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
25
W
20
W
10
E
15
NE
10
WNW
10
W
5
W
5
NW
5
ENE
15
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
W
5
W
10
W
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:32PM
1.83
7:00AM
1.98
7:31PM
1.84
7:58AM
1.99
8:31PM
1.83
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:22PM
0.17
12:46AM
0.16
1:22PM
0.13
1:43AM
0.13
2:21PM
0.11
2:39AM
0.10
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Sunrise-------5:37-------5:37-------5:37
Sunset---8:25-------8:27-------8:28----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C192120191920192325302624222120182425222119191818
Feels °C (?)161816181718161819252421201818162221202020181616
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Napier - The Reef surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest