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Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 10 Jan 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
19.0° 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 2PM is: 0.2m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 7s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am January 10). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (10 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Evening (10 Jan)1ft (0.3m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.2
S
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
SSW
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
SSW
0.2
E
0.4
NE
0.5
NE
0.2
S
0.3
SSW
0.5
S
0.8
SSW
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)87788101010101010771212128771716151312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5887611193131181899141413519252249109225596
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
WSW
5
WNW
5
NW
15
W
15
W
10
NW
10
NW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
NW
20
W
25
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
25
NW
30
WSW
25
SSW
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
10
E
10
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcrosscrosscrosscross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:57AM
1.47
12:27AM
1.37
12:46PM
1.40
1:17AM
1.35
1:35PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:47AM
0.17
6:19PM
0.16
6:37AM
0.23
7:06PM
0.21
7:27AM
0.28
7:51PM
0.26
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tue
13
Sunrise-5:54-------5:54-------5:56------
Sunset-----8:43-------8:42-------8:42--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181825273028252321222832333025212323191716161616
Feels °C (?)181823262725232118192528282621181819141312121414
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