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Waipatiki surfForecast / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 am Monday 12 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
20.0° C
 (Which is 1.9°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: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a East direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 12:00am January 12). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (NZDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)0.5ft (0.2m)8s
Afternoon (12 Jan)2ft (0.6m)3s
Evening (12 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)4s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM10 PM1 AM4 AM7 AM10 AM1 PM4 PM7 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.1
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.6
ESE
0.6
SE
0.4
ESE
0.6
ESE
0.2
SSE
0.2
S
0.2
SSE
0.8
ENE
1.4
ENE
1.6
ENE
1.3
ENE
1
ENE
0.8
ENE
0.7
E
0.6
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)151515888344414151446777766666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4446557136122017192512623914596584029202020
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
SW
5
ESE
20
ESE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
NNE
15
E
15
NE
20
N
10
NNW
5
NNE
5
NW
5
W
5
S
15
SE
10
E
10
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		crossglassonononcrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		offcross-
off		offglassglassoncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:22AM
1.40
1:40PM
1.40
2:11AM
1.38
2:29PM
1.36
2:59AM
1.37
3:17PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:11PM
0.21
7:33AM
0.29
7:57PM
0.26
8:21AM
0.33
8:43PM
0.30
9:10AM
0.36
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---5:58-------5:58-------6:00----
Sunset-------8:40-------8:39-------8:39
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
--------11--------------
Temp. °C252221222122201816161616202427272219181621211917
Feels °C (?)221917192021181615161515192225242119171520191716
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