Waihua surf break

Waihua surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 05 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
20.6° 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 10AM is: 1.2m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Feb)4ft (1.2m)8s
Afternoon (05 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)8s
Evening (05 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
0.7
S
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.8
ESE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.3
SSE
0.2
SSE
Period(s) (?)888148811111010101010101071010777799
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2362131821781511511491431411741331301081067766535344433233168
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
NE
5
N
5
NNW
5
NNW
0
SSW
10
ESE
15
SE
5
E
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
0
SE
5
ESE
10
E
5
ESE
5
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrossononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
offglassglassononglassglassoffglassglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
glassoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:05AM
1.65
9:31PM
1.53
9:54AM
1.60
10:21PM
1.50
10:43AM
1.55
11:09PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:53AM
0.07
3:28PM
0.08
3:44AM
0.10
4:17PM
0.11
4:35AM
0.15
5:04PM
0.15
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sun
08
Sunrise-6:24-------6:26-------6:26------
Sunset-----8:22-------8:22-------8:21--
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151415191917141313131923222218161615212626252119
Feels °C (?)141314171715131212131922202218151614212524252018
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