Waipatiki surf break

Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Saturday 21 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
20.6° C
(Which is 1.6°C warmer than normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 11AM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Afternoon (21 Feb)1.5ft (0.4m)9s
Evening (21 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)5s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
E
0.4
E
0.4
SE
0.4
E
0.4
E
0.4
E
1.1
NE
0.7
ENE
0.5
ENE
0.3
E
0.4
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.7
S
0.2
S
0.2
E
0.2
S
0.3
SSE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
0.4
SE
Period(s) (?)9910998555888888851381311887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4125252423235327151221121210105271251423161614
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
ENE
10
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
WNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
WNW
5
WNW
5
NNW
5
SE
15
SW
10
WSW
5
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
0
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
10
N
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
1.57
9:46PM
1.52
10:09AM
1.58
10:36PM
1.56
11:00AM
1.57
11:28PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:12AM
0.14
3:43PM
0.12
4:03AM
0.12
4:30PM
0.10
4:54AM
0.12
5:20PM
0.10
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-6:45-------6:46-------6:47------
Sunset-----8:05-------8:04-------8:02--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C111116201919151312111723252316131211171919171413
Feels °C (?)99141717181412119152124211412119161617161312
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