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Waimarama surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Sunday 15 Feb 2026 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
20.2° C
 (Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waimarama today?

The current surf forecast for Waimarama at 11AM is: 3.0m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction, 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Feb)8ft (2.4m)8s
Afternoon (15 Feb)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (15 Feb)13ft (4.0m)11s

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

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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
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)
1
0
0
!
0
0
0
0
0
!
2
1
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
S
2
S
2.5
S
3.5
S
4
S
4
SSW
4.5
S
5
S
5.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
S
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.5
E
1.4
E
1.2
S
1
E
0.9
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
Period(s) (?)67891011111112111091110101099999121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)176416881191836883888402756387894293518381331716524449384215176138113114224182121
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSW
40
SSW
50
SSW
55
SW
60
WSW
70
WSW
70
SW
60
SW
45
W
40
SW
45
WSW
35
W
30
W
25
W
20
W
15
NW
5
NW
5
WNW
5
WSW
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
1.36
4:55PM
1.27
5:23AM
1.39
5:43PM
1.29
6:10AM
1.42
6:30PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:52AM
0.34
11:05PM
0.29
11:41AM
0.31
11:52PM
0.26
12:29PM
0.27
12:40AM
0.22
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Wed
18
Sunrise-6:37-------6:37-------6:39------
Sunset-----8:14-------8:13-------8:10--
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
mod rain
heavy rain
heavy rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
2432-7332974421-----------
Temp. °C151514131313151515151617191816151514171919201918
Feels °C (?)9853203478811151413131413161718201917
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