Waipatiki surf break

Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 6 am Friday 20 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 11AM is: 0.5m 11s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 06:00am February 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

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
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM4AM7AM10AM1PM4PM7PM10PM1AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
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
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
E
0.3
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.3
E
Period(s) (?)11101110999999109885558888888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)916664656441424225252524232361271512211010111010
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
NW
10
WNW
0
NE
5
S
20
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
5
ENE
10
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
NW
5
WNW
5
WNW
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
N
10
W
10
W
10
SW
10
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:34AM
1.56
8:58PM
1.49
9:21AM
1.57
9:46PM
1.52
10:09AM
1.58
10:36PM
1.56
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:23AM
0.16
2:56PM
0.15
3:12AM
0.14
3:43PM
0.12
4:03AM
0.12
4:30PM
0.10
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Mon
23
Sunrise-6:43-------6:45-------6:46------
Sunset-----8:07-------8:05-------8:04--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151320242724181411101619191815151412182425211612
Feels °C (?)1411182325201410981516171714141210162123191410
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