Waimarama surf break

Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Monday 08 Dec 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
16.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Waimarama today?

The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 10AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)10s
Afternoon (08 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)10s
Evening (08 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thu
11
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.4
SSW
0.4
SSW
0.4
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.4
S
0.3
S
0.2
E
0.3
E
0.4
E
0.6
E
0.7
SSE
0.7
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.8
E
0.7
E
0.7
E
0.8
NE
Period(s) (?)101091010999981515141412131312121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)31302847442726252413173865136127171215199187184184136141142
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
W
5
ENE
15
E
10
E
0
SE
10
SSW
10
SW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
E
15
E
15
ENE
5
NNE
5
NE
5
W
10
WNW
5
NNW
15
NE
15
ENE
20
NE
25
NE
10
NE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglasscross-
off
crossonononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:49AM
1.74
9:17PM
1.56
9:45AM
1.71
10:13PM
1.52
10:40AM
1.65
11:09PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:33AM
-0.02
3:14PM
-0.01
3:30AM
-0.00
4:10PM
0.01
4:26AM
0.03
5:05PM
0.05
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Thu
11
Sunrise-5:37-------5:37-------5:37------
Sunset-----8:30-------8:30-------8:30--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191922242120191919182121191918181717201920191717
Feels °C (?)171720202021181718172018171919181516181717161718
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