Waihua surf break

Waihua surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 06 Dec 2025 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
19.4° C
(Which is 3.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waihua today?

The current surf forecast for Waihua at 11AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.1m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 06). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Dec)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (06 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (06 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tue
09
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.3
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
Period(s) (?)101010101010101099131313131010101010910999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)38828123518318313710710376735555303017171616161430282726
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
ESE
5
NE
10
NW
5
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
5
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SW
10
W
5
NW
10
NNW
5
W
0
ENE
10
E
5
SW
10
WSW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncrossoffoffoffoffononcross-
on
oncross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:03AM
1.78
7:29PM
1.66
7:59AM
1.81
8:26PM
1.65
8:55AM
1.81
9:22PM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:24PM
0.00
1:43AM
-0.04
2:22PM
-0.02
2:40AM
-0.03
3:20PM
-0.01
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tue
09
Sunrise-5:37-------5:37-------5:37------
Sunset-----8:23-------8:24-------8:25--
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C182027292524201917182527282718181819282930262018
Feels °C (?)151724252223191816162324252618171617262827262017
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