Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Waimarama today (26 Oct):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (26 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 19s period with S swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (26 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.4m), 16s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (26 Oct, local time) - 1ft (0.3m), 14s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 1AM is: 0.3m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm October 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (26 Oct) | 1ft (0.3m) | 19s |
| Afternoon (26 Oct) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 16s |
| Evening (26 Oct) | 1ft (0.3m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Waimarama. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 9mm), mostly falling on Tue afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Tue morning, min 10°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||
Sun 25 | Monday 26 | Tuesday 27 | |||||||||||||||||
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 | 10 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 19 | S 18 | S 17 | S 16 | S 15 | S 14 | SSW 13 | N 4 | NNE 5 | NNE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | S 11 | S 6 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 63 | 61 | 60 | 46 | 41 | 29 | 60 | 52 | 80 | 70 | 36 | 35 | 38 | 19 | 122 | 25 | 15 | 9 | 62 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | on | on | glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | on | on | glassy | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 5:55AM1.45m | 6:18PM1.46m | 6:46AM1.52m | 7:10PM1.50m | |||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:43PM0.17m | 12:09PM0.17m | 00:33AM0.13m | 1:03PM0.12m | |||||||||||||||
 | |  | | | | | | | | | | |  |  | |  |  |  | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | 7:40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:43 | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | 1 |
Temp °C | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Feels °C | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | S 9 | SSE 9 | S 9 | S 17 | S 16 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | NE 4 | NE 4 | SSW 12 | NNE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | NE 6 | S 6 |
| kJ | 63 | 61 | 60 | 42 | 41 | 27 | 14 | 52 | 80 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 36 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 62 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 15 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | NE 4 | S 19 | S 18 | S 8 | S 9 | S 15 | S 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 9 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | NE 6 |
| kJ | 42 | 48 | 48 | 46 | 2 | 29 | 60 | 12 | 14 | 70 | 36 | 35 | 33 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | E 12 | E 12 | ENE 3 | NE 4 | SSW 15 | ENE 4 | ENE 4 | E 11 | E 11 | S 9 | S 9 | S 8 | S 8 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 10 | S 10 |
| kJ | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | NE 3 | NE 3 | — | — | — | W 2 | NNE 4 | NE 3 | NE 4 | — | NNE 4 | N 4 | NNE 5 | NNE 6 | NW 2 | SSW 4 | S 5 | S 6 |
| kJ | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 15 | — | 19 | 38 | 19 | 122 | 1 | 24 | 40 | 108 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 63 | 337 | 163 | 136 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Hawkes Bay | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Waimarama surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest