Waipatiki surf break

Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 13 Dec 2025 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
20.2° C
(Which is 3.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 10AM is: 1.2m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.3m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am December 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Dec)1.5ft (0.4m)6s
Afternoon (13 Dec)1.5ft (0.5m)5s
Evening (13 Dec)4ft (1.2m)8s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tue
16
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
!
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
S
0.4
SE
1.2
S
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
1.2
S
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.4
SE
0.5
SE
0.3
ENE
0.4
ESE
0.4
SSW
0.9
E
1.3
ENE
1.2
NE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.6
E
1.1
ENE
2.1
ENE
1.2
ENE
0.9
ENE
Period(s) (?)767558555585755655556777
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1811115514131631313913111116348588282014207740114377
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SW
10
S
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
0
SSE
5
NW
5
WNW
5
NW
10
E
15
E
15
E
10
E
5
NW
5
W
5
NNW
5
NNW
5
E
10
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
10
NW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onononglassoffglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
offglasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:04AM
1.43
1:25PM
1.49
1:57AM
1.39
2:16PM
1.43
2:48AM
1.37
3:05PM
1.38
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
0.22
7:47PM
0.19
8:05AM
0.27
8:35PM
0.23
8:56AM
0.31
9:21PM
0.27
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tue
16
Sunrise-5:39-------5:39-------5:39------
Sunset-----8:31-------8:32-------8:34--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C101115161716131111111618181816151315202224262015
Feels °C (?)8912121414131010101415151616141214192021241813
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