Waihua surf break

Waihua surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Tuesday 13 Jan 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
20.4° C
(Which is 2.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waihua today?

The current surf forecast for Waihua at 2PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 13). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (13 Jan)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (13 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1
S
0.8
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
0.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)11111013121111101010101010109999999998
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29522713531622515514610610096967017923044434242264126262524
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
NNE
10
NE
15
ENE
10
NE
15
NNW
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
NW
0
SSE
5
S
20
S
0
SSW
0
NNW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
SE
0
N
5
N
10
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:11AM
1.38
2:29PM
1.35
2:59AM
1.37
3:17PM
1.33
3:46AM
1.38
4:05PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:22AM
0.33
8:43PM
0.30
9:10AM
0.36
9:28PM
0.32
9:59AM
0.37
10:15PM
0.33
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise-5:58-------5:58-------6:01------
Sunset-----8:38-------8:37-------8:37--
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------------33--
Temp. °C151520252626201918192326261818161617222419201918
Feels °C (?)141418222424191918182327271619171718232521211918
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