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Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 04 Dec 2025 NZDTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
17.9° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)How big are the waves at Waimarama today?
The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 8AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 Dec) | 13ft (4.0m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (04 Dec) | 13ft (4.0m) | 11s |
| Evening (04 Dec) | 15ft (4.5m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Waimarama. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 1 AM | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1342 | 2452 | 3546 | 4010 | 4375 | 5690 | 5310 | 3246 | 2440 | 2039 | 1663 | 1365 | 1121 | 887 | 672 | 483 | 402 | 258 | 175 | 100 | 111 | 109 | 83 | 128 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | on | on | on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- off | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:02AM 1.59 | 5:27PM 1.55 | 5:59AM 1.67 | 6:25PM 1.58 | 6:56AM 1.72 | 7:23PM 1.59 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 11:18AM 0.08 | 11:41PM 0.02 | 12:18PM 0.03 | 12:38AM -0.01 | 1:18PM 0.00 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sun 07 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 8:25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:28 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 13 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 25 | 23 | 18 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 17 |
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