Waimarama surf break

Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Thursday 04 Dec 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
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 8AM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)13ft (4.0m)11s
Afternoon (04 Dec)13ft (4.0m)11s
Evening (04 Dec)15ft (4.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
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!
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!
!
!
!
4
4
4
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
S
3.5
S
4
S
4
S
4
S
4.5
S
4.5
S
3.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.4
SSE
2.2
SSE
2
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.2
SSE
1
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.8
SSE
0.7
SSE
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)9101111111212121211111111111110101010910101013
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)134224523546401043755690531032462440203916631365112188767248340225817510011110983128
Wind
(km/h)
40
SW
40
SW
45
SW
45
SSW
40
SSW
30
SSW
20
SSW
10
W
10
W
5
W
5
NNE
20
ENE
20
NE
15
NNE
10
NNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
25
W
5
S
5
SSW
0
SSE
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:02AM
1.59
5:27PM
1.55
5:59AM
1.67
6:25PM
1.58
6:56AM
1.72
7:23PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:18AM
0.08
11:41PM
0.02
12:18PM
0.03
12:38AM
-0.01
1:18PM
0.00
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sun
07
Sunrise-5:37-------5:37-------5:37------
Sunset-----8:25-------8:27-------8:28--
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
51----------------------
Temp. °C131213171616131212131718181818171820242825231817
Feels °C (?)64487109910111614141617151515182224231917
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