Waimarama surf break

Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 22 Mar 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
17.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waimarama today?

The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 3PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Mar)5ft (1.5m)9s
Afternoon (22 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (22 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.5
SE
1.4
SE
1.3
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.6
SE
0.6
SE
0.4
ESE
0.4
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
0.5
ESE
Period(s) (?)999999101010101010101010109991515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3753833833473142752572622682362082131881631361308367519385120116108
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
10
E
10
ESE
10
ENE
5
NNE
0
W
0
WNW
0
WNW
5
NE
15
NE
20
ENE
15
NE
20
NE
20
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
15
NNE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
20
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglassglassonononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:53AM
1.55
9:19PM
1.58
9:45AM
1.55
10:12PM
1.60
10:38AM
1.54
11:06PM
1.61
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:45AM
0.08
3:10PM
0.06
3:39AM
0.06
4:02PM
0.05
4:33AM
0.06
4:54PM
0.06
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wed
25
Sunrise--7:15-------7:16-------7:16-----
Sunset-----7:21-------7:20-------7:17--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111113141515141414141415151515151314141616161616
Feels °C (?)101013121314141414141313121212121112121313141414
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