Waimarama surf break

Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 11 Dec 2025 NZDT
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Waimarama surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waimarama sea temperature is
17.8° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waimarama today?

The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 8AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a East direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am December 11). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 2s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Dec)2ft (0.6m)10s
Afternoon (11 Dec)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (11 Dec)3ft (0.9m)9s

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

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Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
NE
1.1
NE
1
ENE
0.6
E
0.6
NE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
Period(s) (?)77711101010109999967777777888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)24010910284801711641571451271241248620626322027824722222915913810788
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
10
SSW
20
SSW
15
SW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
5
SSE
5
WSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
20
SW
35
SSW
35
S
35
S
30
S
20
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
WSW
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:09PM
1.47
11:34AM
1.58
12:04AM
1.42
12:28PM
1.51
12:59AM
1.38
1:20PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:21AM
0.09
5:59PM
0.09
6:15AM
0.15
6:51PM
0.14
7:08AM
0.21
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunrise---5:37-------5:37-------5:37----
Sunset-------8:31-------8:32-------8:34
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C17171515171817171616141316161615131191014151515
Feels °C (?)181712131416151717161289999876711111112
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