Waipatiki surf break

Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 pm Thursday 19 Feb 2026 NZDT
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Waipatiki surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Waipatiki sea temperature is
20.7° C
(Which is 1.7°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 2AM is: 0.7m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm February 19). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)11s
Afternoon (20 Feb)2ft (0.6m)9s
Evening (20 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)9s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
E
0.8
E
0.7
ESE
0.7
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.6
E
0.5
ESE
0.6
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.5
E
0.4
ESE
0.4
E
1
ENE
0.6
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.4
ENE
Period(s) (?)121212111110111099999910998555888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3221711371289166646564424242272525382523461915121120
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
NNE
20
NW
10
NW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
WNW
0
N
5
E
10
SW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
ESE
10
ESE
15
E
10
ENE
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WSW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
1.44
8:34AM
1.56
8:58PM
1.49
9:21AM
1.57
9:46PM
1.52
10:09AM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
0.16
2:56PM
0.15
3:12AM
0.14
3:43PM
0.12
4:03AM
0.12
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:45-------6:46--
Sunset-8:07-------8:07-------8:05------
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C262320201513202526241814111116181818151413111824
Feels °C (?)2623181913111824252315109101515151614131291622
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