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Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Saturday 17 Jan 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
19.9° C
 (Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Waipatiki today?

The current surf forecast for Waipatiki at 7PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm January 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s
Evening (17 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)8s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
0.4
SSE
0.4
ENE
0.4
ENE
0.5
SE
0.5
SE
0.3
SSE
0.6
SSE
0.7
SE
0.9
SE
1.1
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
ESE
1
ESE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SE
0.8
SE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1.6
SE
1
ESE
1
ESE
Period(s) (?)778865956969668887788788
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)150181919151416193313569172637143638879120120292292285120120
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		onononononcross-
on		ononcross-
on		ononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:38PM
1.34
6:05AM
1.45
6:24PM
1.35
6:51AM
1.47
7:09PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:35AM
0.35
11:48PM
0.30
12:23PM
0.33
12:34AM
0.28
1:10PM
0.30
1:20AM
0.25
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:05-------6:07
Sunset---8:38-------8:37-------8:37----
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
11---11---111111111-----
Temp. °C151515151513131216161515151515151515171716151515
Feels °C (?)14141312131111912121112121313131213141414131313
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