Buy Less, Surf More This Black Friday
Surf-forecast is providing a free, all-access pass to our premium features and 12-day forecasts all weekend.
- Forecast
- Maps
- Live
- Weather State
- Spot Information
Waimarama Surf Forecast
/ Hawkes Bay (22 surf breaks) /
Surf Forecasts:
Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Friday 05 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 11PM is: 1.7m 10s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Dec) | - | - |
| Afternoon (05 Dec) | 7ft (2.2m) | 11s |
| Evening (05 Dec) | 6ft (1.8m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Waimarama. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sunday 07 | Monday 08 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 4 AM | 7 AM | 10 AM | 1 PM | |
Rating (10 max) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1030 | 909 | 679 | 500 | 353 | 302 | 235 | 154 | 154 | 122 | 117 | 103 | 123 | 173 | 178 | 133 | 117 | 32 | 51 | 49 | 49 | 49 | 47 | 45 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | on | glass | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:56AM 1.72 | 7:23PM 1.59 | 7:53AM 1.74 | 8:20PM 1.59 | 8:49AM 1.74 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:38AM -0.01 | 1:18PM 0.00 | 1:36AM -0.03 | 2:16PM -0.01 | 2:33AM -0.02 | |||||||||||||||||||
Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sunday 07 | Monday 08 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - |
| Sunset | - | 8:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:29 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 | |  | |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 25 |
| Feels °C (?) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 21 | 22 |
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
Latest Updates
Quiksilver Teams Up With PrimaLoft® For World’s First Thermal Layering System for a Wetsuit.
Previously used in our snow jackets for mountain conditions, PrimaLoft® technology is making its debut in the surf industry. The aim is to bring mountain-grade warmth to the waves.
Vancouver Island’s Day Of Days With Reed Platenius
Surf-Forecast recently helped the 21-year-old Canadian pro surfer and adventurer score some cold water perfection at home.
5 Reasons Why Costa Rica Is A Surfer (and Non Surfer) Paradise
With or without a surfboard, Costa Rica is a bucket list destination that has shown what a nation is capable of when nature is put first.
Read more
Discover more articles and updates in the Greenroom.
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Waimarama surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest