Waimarama surf break

Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 21 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
16.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Waimarama today?

The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 11AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (21 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (21 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.7
NE
0.6
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.7
ENE
0.6
ENE
Period(s) (?)10109999999999999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3182642172122071611581271611571211011017977777981835556757556
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
WNW
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
SSE
10
SW
5
WNW
5
WSW
5
S
5
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
ENE
15
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
1.41
7:22PM
1.33
7:45AM
1.43
8:06PM
1.33
8:28AM
1.43
8:49PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:20PM
0.28
1:33AM
0.27
2:06PM
0.28
2:17AM
0.27
2:50PM
0.28
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Mon
24
Sunrise-5:43-------5:41-------5:41------
Sunset-----8:12-------8:13-------8:14--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181820211920201917161716151513131213141616151514
Feels °C (?)171819191820191917161614131412131213131414141514
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