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Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am 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 9AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (NZDT) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Dec) | 8ft (2.5m) | 11s |
| 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
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| 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 | 4 PM | 7 PM | 10 PM | 1 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 2136 | 1689 | 1439 | 1260 | 1030 | 909 | 679 | 500 | 402 | 302 | 204 | 154 | 154 | 122 | 117 | 87 | 126 | 236 | 178 | 176 | 119 | 32 | 51 | 50 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | glass | on | on | on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | on | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | on | cross- on | glass | glass | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 5:59AM 1.67 | 6:25PM 1.58 | 6:56AM 1.72 | 7:23PM 1.59 | 7:53AM 1.74 | 8:20PM 1.59 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:18PM 0.03 | 12:38AM -0.01 | 1:18PM 0.00 | 1:36AM -0.03 | 2:16PM -0.01 | |||||||||||||||||||
Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sunday 07 | Mon 08 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | 8:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8:29 | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 11 | 13 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 19 |
| Feels °C (?) | 8 | 11 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 18 |
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