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Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 20 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
16.3° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Waimarama today?

The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 1PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Afternoon (20 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Evening (20 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
0
1
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
ENE
1.7
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.5
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.4
ENE
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
Period(s) (?)9101010101010101010109999999999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)586551491446394402402325318264221212207161158130161135121101101817979
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
W
5
SE
15
E
15
ESE
10
N
5
NNW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NE
15
ENE
10
ENE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
NW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
5
SSW
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off		glasscross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:19AM
1.38
6:38PM
1.32
7:02AM
1.41
7:22PM
1.33
7:45AM
1.43
8:06PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:34PM
0.29
12:49AM
0.27
1:20PM
0.28
1:33AM
0.27
2:06PM
0.28
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sun
23
Sunrise-5:43-------5:43-------5:41------
Sunset-----8:10-------8:12-------8:13--
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181821212119181818172021192020181716181515141312
Feels °C (?)191923202019191818171919182019171614171313121212
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