Waimarama Surf Forecast

/ Hawkes Bay (22 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (39.83° S 177.00° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 17 Nov 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 16.5° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waimarama today?

The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 4AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a East direction and 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 1.5m 6s secondary swell from a Northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	10s
Afternoon (17 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Evening (17 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	7s

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

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		Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	NE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	8	9	7	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	290	290	245	240	240	235	192	188	316	640	493	301	360	406	523	1204	793	673	1599	1012	1042	838	768	702
Wind (km/h)	NE	NNE	N	N	NNE	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNW	NNE	NE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)				4:03AM 1.32				4:21PM 1.34				4:50AM 1.33				5:08PM 1.32				5:35AM 1.36				5:53PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	9:50PM 0.24					10:11AM 0.30				10:36PM 0.25				11:00AM 0.31				11:21PM 0.26				11:48AM 0.30

		Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:09

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	2	1	-	2	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	12	11	14	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	17	20	20	20	17	17	17	17	18	17	19	18
Feels °C (?)	10	11	10	9	11	12	14	12	12	14	13	13	14	17	18	18	15	15	17	18	19	16	19	19

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