Waimarama surf break

Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 04 Apr 2026 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
17.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waimarama today?

The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 2PM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 5s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (04 Apr)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (04 Apr)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.5
S
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.9
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)121212111111111066109991010101091010101110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3472892161571198685554442414966929896129242277301301314627619
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
WNW
5
NW
10
NE
15
ENE
15
NNE
0
SW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
5
SSE
5
ENE
15
NE
15
NE
15
NNE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NE
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossonononglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glassononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:04AM
1.42
8:28PM
1.44
8:49AM
1.40
9:12PM
1.44
9:34AM
1.38
9:56PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:58AM
0.19
2:19PM
0.19
2:45AM
0.20
3:03PM
0.21
3:31AM
0.22
3:47PM
0.24
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise--7:28-------7:28-------7:30-----
Sunset-----7:00------6:59-------6:57---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------111------
Temp. °C151415181716161616151516161617171717171717171716
Feels °C (?)131214161414171414131315161615151516161614141414
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