Waimarama surf break

Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 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 3AM is: 1.3m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 12:00am November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

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
10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.3
ENE
1.2
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1.1
ENE
1
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
ENE
1
ENE
0.9
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
0.7
NE
0.6
ENE
0.7
ENE
Period(s) (?)1010101099999999999998899999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)402325318264217212193161158127161135121101101817974727581845675
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
5
WNW
5
W
5
WNW
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
WNW
5
W
10
SSW
5
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSW
5
SW
0
NW
0
W
10
E
15
E
10
E
5
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononcross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:02AM
1.41
7:22PM
1.33
7:45AM
1.43
8:06PM
1.33
8:28AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:49AM
0.27
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
Sunrise---5:43-------5:41-------5:41----
Sunset-------8:12-------8:13-------8:14
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191918182121192020181716181715151313121315161615
Feels °C (?)191918182119182020171714171513141213121314141515
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