Waimarama surf break

Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Thursday 08 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
18.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Waimarama today?

The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 4AM is: 0.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a East direction, 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (08 Jan)1ft (0.3m)6s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
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
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.3
NE
0.3
NE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.2
ENE
0.1
S
0.1
S
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
S
Period(s) (?)66666776666777151577777668
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)21191414138877775555444988775
Wind
(km/h)
0
W
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
NNW
10
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
20
WSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
20
SW
10
WSW
10
W
5
W
5
NW
10
NW
10
W
20
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassoffglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50PM
1.49
10:16AM
1.61
10:43PM
1.45
11:07AM
1.54
11:36PM
1.41
11:57AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:03AM
0.06
4:40PM
0.07
4:55AM
0.11
5:30PM
0.11
5:47AM
0.17
6:19PM
0.16
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise---5:52-------5:52-------5:54----
Sunset-------8:43-------8:43-------8:43
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191817161818181817161517242929272219181825293229
Feels °C (?)201817161716161817151416202624242119181722262824
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