Waimarama Surf Forecast

/ Hawkes Bay (22 surf breaks) /

New Zealand (466 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (39.83° S 177.00° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 pm Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 NZST

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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 12.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waimarama today?

The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 1AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.2m 5s secondary swell from a North direction (forecast issued at 11:00pm September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	1ft (0.3m)	10s
Evening (18 Sep)	1.5ft (0.4m)	14s

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

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		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	S	S	S	S	NE	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Period(s) (?)	10	11	10	10	10	6	10	16	14	14	13	6	8	8	8	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	14	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	33	58	35	34	33	18	18	24	70	144	130	171	454	583	670	1277	771	524	367	414	377	332	390	796
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	W	W	W	W	SW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	W	NNW	NE	NE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			1:59AM 1.41				2:28PM 1.50				2:55AM 1.38					3:23PM 1.48				3:49AM 1.37				4:15PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)	7:52PM 0.17				8:10AM 0.17				8:48PM 0.19					9:05AM 0.19				9:43PM 0.20				9:59AM 0.20

		Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	14	14	19	20	19	16	13	11	11	9	9	10	10	9	8	7	6	6	7	9	9	9
Feels °C (?)	9	9	11	10	12	15	15	11	7	6	5	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	1	2	4	5	4	4

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Hawkes Bay

Wind Update Onshore wind has changed to cross-on at Waimarama (moderate winds from the N at Te Mata Peak 15 km from Waimarama). 0.7m 11s groundswell from the S with a 0.4m 10s swell from the SE and a 0.2m 10s swell from the E. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 8 minutes ago Waimarama

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1 h 8 min ago

26 km/h

Cross-On

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