Surf Forecast Surf Report
Waimarama surf break

Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 11 am Wednesday 30 Apr 2025 NZST
Forecast 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
17.7° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waimarama today?

The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 3PM is: 3.0m 9s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.7m 12s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 11:00am April 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Apr)5ft (1.6m)7s
Afternoon (30 Apr)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (30 Apr)8ft (2.5m)10s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
ENE
2.2
ENE
3
ENE
3.5
ENE
2.5
ENE
2.3
ENE
2.2
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.8
ENE
1.9
ENE
1.9
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
5.5
SSW
5.5
SSW
5.5
SSW
5.5
SSW
6
S
6
S
5
S
5.5
S
4.5
S
4
S
3.5
SSE
3
S
3
SSE
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
1.9
SSE
3
S
3.5
S
2.5
S
3.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
S
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.5
S
Period(s) (?)789101010101010101212111212131313131312121111101010109999101016151514131312121212101111109911111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)23755514292245121995984268162765399598316753304917198469756107021137111825711278005320360226051835147012779928285881288218414425737281224452097158413559888557366283704073923081851433433132451701701331021007447
Wind
(km/h)
30
ENE
45
E
35
ENE
15
NNE
10
N
15
N
15
N
10
N
10
SSW
35
SW
35
WSW
40
W
45
WSW
45
WSW
40
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
WSW
35
SW
35
SW
35
SW
30
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
5
NNE
10
NE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
NNE
15
NE
10
NNE
5
NNW
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
NE
10
E
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:15AM
1.62
7:44PM
1.73
8:11AM
1.61
8:40PM
1.72
9:08AM
1.57
9:36PM
1.68
10:04AM
1.52
10:31PM
1.63
11:00AM
1.46
11:26PM
1.56
11:56AM
1.40
12:21AM
1.49
12:50PM
1.35
1:13AM
1.43
1:43PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:30PM
-0.04
2:06AM
-0.03
2:26PM
-0.02
3:04AM
-0.01
3:22PM
0.02
4:00AM
0.03
4:17PM
0.07
4:55AM
0.08
5:12PM
0.12
5:50AM
0.13
6:05PM
0.18
6:43AM
0.18
6:58PM
0.24
7:34AM
0.22
Wednesday
30
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Sunrise6:54-------6:56-------6:56-------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------7:01---
Sunset--5:22-------5:21-------5:20-------5:19-------5:17-------5:16-------5:15-------5:14-
light rainheavy rainheavy rainpart cloudcloudlight rainlight rainclearpart cloudlight raincloudpart cloudcloudcloudcloudcloudlight rainlight rainlight rainlight rainmod rainlight raincloudpart cloudpart cloudclearpart cloudcloudcloudcloudclearcloudcloudcloudcloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudpart cloudclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclearclear
Rain (mm)
21716--23--1------112463--------------------------------------
Temp. °C171718181817171717151412121010111111101111121110121416141312111212121212121110101112131312121212121414141514141312151515
Feels °C (?)131114181816161717974312344244555891210987455678877910111110111010101111121512121110141314
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.leaflet.map_placeholder_alt">Map Placeholder Alt</span>

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
Nearest