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Napier - The Reef surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 06 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast 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 9AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.1m 4s secondary swell from a Northeast direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (06 Dec) | 2ft (0.6m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (06 Dec) | 0.5ft (0.1m) | 8s |
| Evening (06 Dec) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Napier - The Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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 kJ (?) | 4 | 2 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 35 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 7:00AM 1.98 | 7:31PM 1.84 | 7:58AM 1.99 | 8:31PM 1.83 | 8:55AM 1.98 | 9:28PM 1.80 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:22PM 0.13 | 1:43AM 0.13 | 2:21PM 0.11 | 2:39AM 0.10 | 3:19PM 0.09 | |||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 06 | Sunday 07 | Monday 08 | Tue 09 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 8:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:29 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 23 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 18 | 19 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
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