Waihua surf break

Waihua surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Sunday 15 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Waihua surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waihua sea temperature is
20.7° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waihua today?

The current surf forecast for Waihua at 7PM is: 5.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 3.0m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm February 15). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)7ft (2.1m)7s
Afternoon (15 Feb)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (15 Feb)8ft (2.5m)11s

Table - waves today at Waihua. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
!
!
2
!
!
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
S
2.5
S
3
S
5
SSW
2.4
S
2
ESE
2.5
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
ESE
0.9
ESE
0.7
SE
0.9
ESE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
Period(s) (?)88101111121011111010910101291212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)588941149556031394110612751011826494349264261161153136151144137220180142140137
Wind
(km/h)
30
SW
35
SW
35
SW
25
W
30
WNW
30
W
40
W
40
W
30
WNW
25
W
20
W
20
WNW
10
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
5
NNW
10
NE
5
NW
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcrossoffcross-
off
offoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:02PM
1.32
5:30AM
1.43
5:50PM
1.34
6:17AM
1.47
6:37PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:59AM
0.35
11:12PM
0.30
11:48AM
0.32
11:59PM
0.27
12:36PM
0.28
12:47AM
0.23
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wednesday
18
Sunrise-------6:37-------6:39-------6:39
Sunset---8:12-------8:09-------8:08----
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
421192934----------------
Temp. °C141314131214161518212119171514142024252217151415
Feels °C (?)9778699812161716151312121722242216151415
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